2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group C
| 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 C.[1] Baroda, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand were placed in Group C, with all the matches taking place in Vadodara.[2] Baroda won Group C to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.[3] Himachal Pradesh also qualified for the quarter-finals, finishing as one of the best two second placed teams across groups A to E.[4]
Points table
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroda (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.465 | 
| Himachal Pradesh (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.940 | 
| Gujarat | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.891 | 
| Uttarakhand | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.981 | 
| Maharashtra | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.169 | 
| Chhattisgarh | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.390 | 
- Top team advanced to the Knockout Stage
Fixtures
Round 1
|  10 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Chhattisgarh 141/8 (20 overs) | 
- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to field.
- Anand Rao, Shahbaz Hussain (Chhattisgarh), Ravi Thakur and Vaibhav Arora (Himachal Pradesh) all made their T20 debuts.
|  10 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Baroda 168/7 (20 overs) | v | Uttarakhand 163/6 (20 overs) | 
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Bhanu Pania, Chinta Gandhi (Baroda), Kunal Chandela and Piyush Joshi (Uttarakhand) all made their T20 debuts.
|  10 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Gujarat 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 128 (19.3 overs) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
Round 2
|  12 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 192/5 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 196/2 (20 overs) | 
- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shourabh Kharwar (Chhattisgarh) made his T20 debut.
|  12 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Gujarat 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Uttarakhand 99/8 (20 overs) | 
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
- Nikhil Kohli (Uttarakhand) made his T20 debut.
|  12 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 109 (20 overs) | v | Baroda 112/6 (19 overs) | 
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
|  14 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Himachal Pradesh 141/5 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 115 (19.4 overs) | 
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- Digvijay Rangi (Himachal Pradesh) and Priyesh Patel (Gujarat) both made their T20 debuts.
|  14 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Maharashtra 141/4 (20 overs) | v | Uttarakhand 145/4 (19.1 overs) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
|  14 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 90 (17.3 overs) | v | Baroda 91/1 (12.3 overs) | 
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
- Sourabh Majumdar (Chhattisgarh) made his T20 debut.
Round 4
|  16 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Uttarakhand 128/6 (20 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 130/0 (15.4 overs) | 
| Abhimanyu Rana 72* (53)  | 
- Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
|  16 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Baroda 158/4 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 98 (16.5 overs) | 
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Ranjeet Nikam (Maharashtra) both made their T20 debuts.
|  16 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Chhattisgarh 63/3 (5 overs) | v | Gujarat 64/2 (3.4 overs) | 
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
- Binny Samual and Parivesh Dhar (Chhattisgarh) both made their T20 debuts.
Round 5
|  18 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Baroda 174/6 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 164/9 (20 overs) | 
- Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
|  18 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Maharashtra 117/9 (20 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 121/6 (18.5 overs) | 
- Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mani Sharma (Himachal Pradesh) and Vishant More (Maharashtra) both made their T20 debuts.
|  18 January 2021     Scorecard | 
| Uttarakhand 167/8 (20 overs) | v | Chhattisgarh 167/9 (20 overs) | 
- Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to field.
- Agrim Tiwari (Uttarakhand) and Sanidhya Hurkat (Chhattisgarh) both made their T20 debuts.
References
- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ahmedabad to host final". Sport Star. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020-21: Teams divided into six groups, Ahmedabad to host knockouts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Baroda beats Gujarat by 12 runs, enters knockout stage unbeaten". SportStar. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Karnataka qualify for quarterfinal of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2021.