The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic Twenty20 cricket championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), among the teams from the Ranji Trophy. It is named after former Test cricketer Syed Mushtaq Ali. In 2006–07, the inaugural competition was won by Tamil Nadu under the captaincy of Dinesh Karthik. The 2023–24 tournament was won by Punjab, who defeated Baroda in the final. Tamil Nadu have been the most successful team, winning the trophy three times.

History

The tournament is played under Twenty20 (T20) rules. Originally known as the Inter-State T20 Championship, it was inaugurated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the 2006–07 season. Except in 2016–17, the tournament has been contested by teams involved in the Ranji Trophy, 27 at first and currently (2023) 38. The format has generally been to begin with a round-robin stage with the teams divided into zonal groups, the top teams in each group qualifying for a knockout stage culminating in the final tie. In 2012–13, the BCCI decided to replace the knockout with a Super League consisting of two groups, the winners of which qualified for the final. In June 2016, the BCCI relaunched the competition using zonal teams, as in the Duleep Trophy, but they reverted to the Ranji teams in 2017. Since then, the competing teams have increased to 38 and the knockout stage restored.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy är en inhemsk Twenty20-kricketturnering för herrar i Indien, som anordnas av Indian Cricket Board. Turneringen är uppkallad efter den tidigare indiska testkrishövaren Syed Mushtaq Ali.

Turneringen spelas sedan 2008–09-säsongen, och det nuvarande formatet består av 38 lag uppdelade i fem zoner. Lag tävlar i sina respektive zoner för att kvalificera sig till slutspelet, som består av åtta lag.

Turneringen är ett viktigt evenemang i den indiska cricketkalendern, och den ger spelare en möjlighet att visa upp sina färdigheter och bli utvalda till det indiska landslaget.

Några av de mest framgångsrika lagen i Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy är Tamil Nadu, Karnataka och Mumbai. Tamil Nadu har vunnit titeln tre gånger, medan Karnataka och Mumbai har vunnit den två gånger vardera.

Den nuvarande mästaren (2022–23-säsongen) är Saurashtra.