2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group B
| Dates | 10 – 18 January 2021 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | 
| Participants | 6 | 
| 2020–21 Indian domestic cricket season | 
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| Men | 
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| Women | 
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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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Jharkhand 
139/9 (20 overs)  | 
- Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
 
 18 January 2021     
Scorecard  | 
Bengal 
163/8 (20 overs)  | 
v 
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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.