2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A
| Dates | 21 February – 2 March 2019 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoff format | 
| Participants | 8 | 
| 2018–19 Indian domestic cricket season | 
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| Men | 
| Women | 
The 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the tenth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. It was contested by the 37 domestic cricket teams of India, with eight teams in Group A.[1][2] The group stage started on 21 February 2019, with the top two teams progressing to the Super League section of the competition.[3]
Jharkhand won the group, with Delhi finishing second to progress to the Super League stage of the tournament.[4]
Points table
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.838 | 
| Delhi | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.604 | 
| Kerala | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.920 | 
| Andhra (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.832 | 
| Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.410 | 
| Manipur | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –3.244 | 
| Nagaland | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.876 | 
- Top two teams advanced to the Super League.
(H)- Host
Fixtures
Round 1
|  21 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 158/4 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 155/5 (20 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
- Hiten Dalal, Anuj Rawat (Delhi) and Anukul Roy (Jharkhand) all made their T20 debuts.
|  21 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Kerala 186/5 (20 overs) | v | Manipur 103/7 (20 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- MD Nidheesh (Kerala), Mayank Raghav, Hrithik Kanojia, Ahmed Shah, Kishan Thokchom, Narisingh Yadav, Prafullomani Singh, Ajay Lamabam, Homendro Kabrambam, Kangabam Singh and Bishworjit Konthoujam (Manipur) all made their T20 debuts.
|  21 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Nagaland 136/6 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 142/1 (15.5 overs) | 
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Abdul Samad, Suryansh Raina, Mujtaba Yousuf (Jammu & Kashmir), Rohit Jhanjhariya, Sedezhalie Rupero, Nitesh Lohchab, Imliwati Lemtur, Tahmeed Rahman, Rahul Sharma and Mughavi Wotsa (Nagaland) all made their T20 debuts.
Round 2
|  22 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Manipur 113/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 119/0 (11.4 overs) | 
| Hiten Dalal 56* (38)  | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
|  22 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Jammu & Kashmir 168/9 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 170/1 (16.4 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Rasikh Salam (Jammu & Kashmir) made his T20 debut.
- Rahul Shukla (Jharkhand) took his first five-wicket haul in a T20 match.[6]
|  22 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Andhra 244/4 (20 overs) | v | Nagaland 65 (13.1 overs) | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Paras Sehrawat, Rachit Bhatia, Inakato Zhimomi (Nagaland) and Shaik Ismail (Andhra) all made their T20 debuts.
- This was the largest winning margin, by runs, in a Twenty20 cricket match.[6]
Round 3
|  24 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Jammu & Kashmir 189/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 191/6 (19.5 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
|  24 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 219/1 (20 overs) | v | Manipur 98/9 (20 overs) | 
- Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
- Utkarsh Singh (Jharkhand), Rajesh Singh and Sultan Karim (Manipur) all made their T20 debuts.
- Ishan Kishan (Jharkhand) became the second Indian batsman to make back-to-back centuries in T20 cricket.[7]
|  24 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Kerala 160/6 (20 overs) | v | Andhra 152 (19.4 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sandeep Warrier (Kerala) took a hat-trick.[7]
Round 4
|  25 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Kerala 139/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 140/3 (18.3 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
|  25 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Nagaland 132/7 (20 overs) | v | Manipur 134/0 (16.3 overs) | 
| Mayank Raghav 80* (45)  | 
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bonny Chingangbam (Manipur), Abhishek Kaushik, Manjinder Singh, Kiran Reddy and Toni Chishi (Nagaland) all made their T20 debuts.
|  25 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Andhra 146/7 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 148/5 (18.3 overs) | 
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
|  27 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Kerala 159/7 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 65 (14.2 overs) | 
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
|  27 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 197/3 (20 overs) | v | Nagaland 143/3 (20 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aditya Gupta, Bhavik Patel and Dhavanath Nagender (Nagaland) all made their T20 debuts.
|  27 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Delhi 175/8 (20 overs) | v | Andhra 143 (19.3 overs) | 
- Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
|  28 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Nagaland 103/8 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 105/0 (12.2 overs) | 
| Vishnu Vinod 53* (38)  | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
- Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala) made his T20 debut.
|  28 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Manipur 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 184/2 (17.1 overs) | 
- Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
- Sharukh Dar, Nawazul Munier (Jammu & Kashmir) and Akoijam Tenyson Singh (Manipur) all made their T20 debuts.
|  28 February 2019     Scorecard | 
| Andhra 179 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 176 (19.5 overs) | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Manyala Pranith and Prithvi Raj (Andhra) both made their T20 debuts.
Round 7
|  2 March 2019     Scorecard | 
| Nagaland 118 (19.4 overs) | v | Delhi 119/3 (12.3 overs) | 
| Aditya 64 (46)  Suboth Bhati 4/14 (3.4 overs) | 
- Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gaurav Kumar (Delhi) and Gaurav Vishwakarma (Nagaland) both made their T20 debuts.
|  2 March 2019     Scorecard | 
| Kerala 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 180/5 (19.1 overs) | 
- Kerala won the toss and elected to bat.
|  2 March 2019     Scorecard | 
| Andhra 252/4 (20 overs) | v | Manipur 161/5 (20 overs) | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
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