2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group B
| Dates | 10 – 18 January 2021 | 
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | 
| Participants | 6 | 
| 2020–21 Indian domestic cricket season | 
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The 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the twelfth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into six groups, with six teams in Group B.[1] Assam, Bengal, Hyderabad, Jharkhand, Odisha and Tamil Nadu were placed in Group B, with all the matches taking place in Kolkata.[2] Tamil Nadu won Group A to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.[3]
Points table
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.88 | 
| Bengal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.654 | 
| Jharkhand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.23 | 
| Assam | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.961 | 
| Hyderabad | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.199 | 
| Odisha | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.569 | 
- Top team advanced to the Knockout Stage
Fixtures
Round 1
|  10 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Odisha 113 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 114/1 (12.2 overs) | 
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Aditya Rout, Sunil Roul (Odisha), Kaif Ahmed and Suvankar Bal (Bengal) all made their T20 debuts.
|  10 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Tamil Nadu 189/5 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 123/7 (20 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Sonu Yadav (Tamil Nadu) made his T20 debut.
|  10 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Assam 159/5 (20 overs) | v | Hyderabad 157/8 (20 overs) | 
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Abhishek Thakuri, Amlanjyoti Das, Denish Das, Rahul Singh (Assam), Kartikeya Kak and Rahul Buddhi (Hyderabad) all made their T20 debuts.
Round 2
|  12 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Bengal 161/6 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 145/9 (20 overs) | 
- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kumar Suraj and Pankaj Kumar (Jharkhand) both made their T20 debuts.
- Vivek Singh (Bengal) scored his first century in a T20 match.[4]
|  12 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Hyderabad 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 147/4 (20 overs) | 
- Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
- Ankitkar Jaiswal (Odisha), Mickil Jaiswal and Pragnay Reddy (Hyderabad) all made their T20 debuts.
|  12 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Assam 126/7 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 128/0 (15 overs) | 
| Narayan Jagadeesan 78* (50)  | 
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
|  14 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 233/3 (20 overs) | v | Assam 182/7 (20 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
|  14 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Odisha 132/9 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 136/2 (15.1 overs) | 
- Odisha won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gourav Choudhury (Odisha) made his T20 debut.
|  14 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Hyderabad 157 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 161/4 (18.2 overs) | 
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
|  16 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Hyderabad 152/7 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 155/3 (19.3 overs) | 
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hitesh Yadav and Rakshann Readdi (Hyderabad) both made their T20 debuts.
|  16 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Jharkhand 182/4 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 128 (17.5 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bal Krishna, Vikash Vishal (Jharkhand), Tarani Sa and Walter Toppo (Odisha) all made their T20 debuts.
|  16 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Assam 157/5 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 144/8 (20 overs) | 
- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Erik Roy (Assam) made his T20 debut.
Round 5
|  18 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Assam 148/5 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 154/6 (19 overs) | 
- Assam won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashish Rai and Sukesh Heera (Odisha) both made their T20 debuts.
|  18 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Hyderabad 139/8 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 139/9 (20 overs) | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
|  18 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Bengal 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 167/2 (18 overs) | 
- Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ahmedabad to host final". Sport Star. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020-21: Teams divided into six groups, Ahmedabad to host knockouts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Highlights: Jagadeesan, Karthik power Tamil Nadu to eight-wicket win over Bengal". SportStar. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Vivek Singh: Watch Bengal batsman scores first century of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 vs Jharkhand". The Sports Rush. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.