Because the group stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 home competitors enters its house stretch, 10 groups stay in competition for the 4 Tremendous League spots up for grabs forward of the ultimate spherical on Monday.
Defending champion Mumbai and Andhra from Group A, together with Jharkhand and Rajasthan from Group D, have already secured their spots within the eight-team Tremendous League part, which begins on Friday in Pune.
The competitors in Group B is broad open, with as many as six groups within the race for a top-two end in Kolkata. Desk-topper Hyderabad, the one group with 5 wins within the group, is primed to qualify for the following spherical because it faces a struggling Chandigarh aspect, which has received simply two of its six matches and sits seventh on the eight-team desk.
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The Rajat Patidar-led Madhya Pradesh and Goa, positioned second and third with 4 wins every, will struggle it out for the remaining spot after they face off towards Jammu & Kashmir and Maharashtra, respectively. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir, with three wins every, solely have a slim likelihood of sneaking by means of to the following spherical. In the meantime, Bihar, the one winless group within the Elite division after six matches, will hope to keep away from relegation, together with Himachal Pradesh, Companies and Tripura, who all have only one win apiece.
The situation in Group C, going down in Hyderabad, is extra simple. Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana and Bengal are all tied on 4 factors every. With Haryana locking horns with Bengal, and Punjab going through Gujarat later within the day, it units up a tantalising final-round shootout for the highest two spots. Nevertheless, with swashbuckling India opener Abhishek Sharma more likely to miss the match, his absence might harm Punjab when it issues probably the most.
For Mumbai and Andhra, will probably be extra about warming up for the following spherical as they face Vidarbha and Odisha, respectively, on the Ekana Cricket Stadium right here. With 5 wins every, they are going to solely compete for the pole place in Group A. Kerala, after a timid batting efficiency in a must-win match towards Andhra on Saturday, will hope to bow out on a excessive, although will probably be with out captain Sanju Samson, who has left for nationwide responsibility.
Ishan Kishan’s Jharkhand and Rajasthan, dominant and unbeaten within the competitors to date, might be on a collision course within the ultimate spherical as they face off towards one another in Ahmedabad. That three-time champion Tamil Nadu, positioned seventh in Group D, will solely be preventing to keep away from ending final, is a poignant reminder of the vagaries {of professional} sport and the significance of consistency even within the fixed flux of T20 cricket.
Printed on Dec 07, 2025