Hardik Pandya stole the limelight within the fourth spherical of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26, hitting an unbeaten 77 off 44 balls to steer Baroda to a cushty seven-wicket win over Punjab on Tuesday.
The all-rounder returned to cricket after a protracted harm hiatus, enjoying his first match because the Asia Cup closing.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi additionally made an influence on this spherical, changing into the youngest century on this event’s historical past. His unbeaten 108 off 61 towards Maharashtra, nonetheless, was not sufficient for Bihar, which succumbed to its fourth loss.
Prithvi Shaw hit 66 off 30 balls to star in Maharashtra’s chase of 177 runs. Elsewhere, Shardul Thakur picked 5 wickets in Mumbai’s huge 98-run over Assam.
Right here is how Workforce India’s stars carried out within the fourth spherical on Tuesday:
Abhishek Sharma
A centurion within the earlier spherical, Abhishek added to his run haul with a 19-ball 50. Nevertheless, Pandya’s knock later within the day that Punjab fell to its second loss.
Sanju Samson
The Kerala captain missed out within the fourth spherical. He might rating only one run earlier than getting nabbed by pacer Nachiket Bhute of Vidarbha. Kerala misplaced the competition by six wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav might rating simply 20 runs off 12 balls in Mumbai’s innings towards Assam. Sarfaraz Khan was the best rating, managing an unbeaten 100 off 47 – his maiden T20 century.
B Sai Sudharsan
Sai Sudharsan’s inclusion within the Tamil Nadu lineup has carried out little to alter the aspect’s fortunes. The southpaw scored eight runs off 9 balls as TN suffered a humiliating 145-run reverse by the hands Karnataka. Devdutt Padikkal’s century (102 off 46) led Karnataka to 245 for 3. Tamil Nadu was bundled out for 100 runs within the fifteenth over.
Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami’s lean run continued on this SMAT version. He picked only one for 31 runs towards Himachal Pradesh. He has simply 5 wickets in 4 video games and has conceded at an financial system fee of 10.45.
Varun Chakaravarthy
Varun Chakaravarthy conceded 45 runs in 4 overs and couldn’t decide a wicket as Tamil Nadu fell to its third defeat this season. The aspect is now final in Group D with only one win in 4 video games.
The Scores
Group A (Lucknow)
Odisha 135/8 in 20 overs (Biplab Samantaray 61, Ajay Mandal 4/25) bt Chhattisgarh 108 in 19.4 overs (Sanjeet Desai 33, Amandeep Khare 46, Rajesh Mohanty 5/21).
Railways 167/7 in 20 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 32, Upendra Yadav 55, Ravi Singh 49, Satyanarayana 3/30) misplaced to Andhra 173/5 in 19.3 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 78, S.D.N.V. Prasad 39 n.o.).
Mumbai 220/4 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 42, Sarfaraz Khan 100 n.o.) bt Assam 122 in 19.1 overs (Sibsankar Roy 41, Shardul Thakur 5/23).
Kerala 164 in 19.2 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 58, Vishnu Vinod 65, Yash Thakur 5/16, Adhyayan Daga 3/22) misplaced to Vidarbha 165/4 in 18.3 overs (Atharva Taide 54).
Group B (Kolkata)
Bihar 176/3 in 20 overs (Vaibhav Suryavanshi 108 n.o.) misplaced to Maharashtra 182/7 in 19.1 overs (Prithvi Shaw 66, Niraj Joshi 30).
Jammu & Kashmir 192 in 20 overs (Shubham Khajuria 43, Yawer Hassan 57) bt Chandigarh 163/7 in 20 overs (Manan Vohra 32, Arjun Azad 38, Gaurav Puri 39).
Madhya Pradesh 170/6 in 20 overs (Harpreet Singh Bhatia 80 n.o., Aniket Verma 34, Arjun Tendulkar 3/36) misplaced to Goa 171/3 in 18.3 overs (Abhinav Tejrana 55, Suyash Prabhudesai 75 n.o.).
Uttar Pradesh 127 in 19.2 overs (Madhav Kaushik, Rakshann Readi 3/31, Tanay Thyagarajan 3/29) misplaced to Hyderabad 129/7 in 17.1 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 43, Vipraj Nigam 3/20).
Group C (Hyderabad)
Punjab 222/8 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 50, Anmolpreet Singh 69, Naman Dhir 39, Raj Limbani 3/36) misplaced to Baroda 224/3 in 19.1 overs (Vishnu Solakni 43 Shashwat Rawat 31, Shivalik Sharma 47 retd. out, Hardik Pandya 77 n.o.).
Himachal Pradesh 208/5 in 20 overs (Ekant Sen 89, Pukhraj Mann 79, Shahbaz Ahmed 3/36) misplaced to Bengal 212/5 in 18.4 overs (Abishek Porel 41, Karan Lal 113).
Pondicherry 83 in 13.1 overs (Japagnya Bhatt 3/17, Ravi Bishnoi 3/13) misplaced to Gujarat 84/1 in 9 overs (Aarya Desai 53 n.o.).
Providers 157/7 in 20 overs (Vineet Dhankhar 36, Nakul Sharma 57) misplaced to Haryana160/4 in 19 overs (Ankit Kumar 78 n.o.).
Group D (Ahmedabad)
Karnataka 245/3 in 20 overs (B.R. Sharath 53, Devdutt Padikkal 102 n.o., R. Smaran 46 n.o.) bt Tamil Nadu 100 in 14.2 overs (Shreyas Gopal 3/21, Pravin Dubey 3/15).
Tripura 157/5 in 20 overs bt Delhi 145/8 in 20 overs (Nitish Rana 45).
Jharkhand 209/8 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 93, Chetan Sakariya 3/42) bt Saurashtra 125 in 15.1 overs (Prerak Mankad 39, Anukul Roy 3/25).
Rajasthan 193/8 in 20 overs (Deepak Hooda 90 n.o., Rajan Kumar 4/37) bt Uttarakhand 120 in 18 overs (Manav Suthar 3/21, Ashok Sharma 4/16).
Plate Group (Pune)
Nagaland 139/6 in 20 overs (Sedezhalie Rupero 53, Hem Chetri 30, Akash Choudhary 4/30) bt Meghalaya 81 in 16 overs.
Mizoram 186/9 in 20 overs (Codanda Ajit Karthik 33, Joseph Lalthankhuma 34, Khiangte Vanrotlinga 42, T.N.R. Mohith 3/32, Techi Neri 3/42) bt Arunachal Pradesh 128/7 in 20 overs.
Manipur 134 in 19.5 overs (Johnson Singh 39, Ankur Malik 3/18) misplaced to Sikkim 138/2 in 15.2 overs (Kranthi Kumar 79 n.o., Ashish Thapa 32 n.o.).
Revealed on Dec 02, 2025