The Indian domestic cricket season will finally kick-off this week, with cricketers from across the country coming together for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. The tournament is scheduled to be held from January 10 and it will conclude on January 31 in Motera, Ahmedabad.
Suresh Raina, who announced his retirement from international cricket last year, will take part in the competition. Indian seamers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma, who have been out of action for a significant period due to injury, are also set to return in the upcoming T20 league. Among other India internationals Shikhar Dhawan, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal and Dinesh Karthik will also take part in the competition.
Apart from them, S Sreesanth too would make his way back into the sports after a long gap of seven years. The seamer is part of the Kerala unit and would take this opportunity to make a case for his return in the national side.
Here's a look at the tournament's full schedule, squads, venue details, and match timings.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 schedule
Jan 10 - 12:00 PM
Karnataka vs Jammu and Kashmir, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
Baroda vs Uttarakhand, Elite C Group, Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Chhattisgarh vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite C Group, F.B. Colony Ground, Vadodara
Gujarat vs Maharashtra, Elite C Group, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Jharkhand vs Tamil Nadu, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Odisha vs Bengal, Elite B Group, Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata
Railways vs Tripura, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur
Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
7:00 PM
Assam vs Hyderabad, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jan 11 - 12:00 PM
Chandigarh vs Nagaland, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Mumbai vs Delhi, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Haryana vs Andhra, Elite E Group, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Mizoram vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Vidarbha vs Rajasthan, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Services vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Meghalaya vs Manipur, Plate Group, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai
7:00 PM
Kerala vs Puducherry, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh vs Goa, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 11 - 12:00 PM
Chandigarh vs Nagaland, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Mumbai vs Delhi, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Haryana vs Andhra, Elite E Group, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Mizoram vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Vidarbha vs Rajasthan, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Services vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Meghalaya vs Manipur, Plate Group, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai
7:00 PM
Kerala vs Puducherry, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh vs Goa, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 12 - 12:00 PM
Baroda vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite C Group, Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Gujarat vs Uttarakhand, Elite C Group, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Maharashtra vs Chhattisgarh, Elite C Group, F.B. Colony Ground, Vadodara
Odisha vs Hyderabad, Elite B Group, Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata
Bengal vs Jharkhand, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Railways vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur
Jammu and Kashmir vs Tripura, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
Karnataka vs Punjab, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
7:00 PM
Tamil Nadu vs Assam, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jan 13 - 12:00 PM
Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Bihar vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai
Chandigarh vs Manipur, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Meghalaya vs Mizoram, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Haryana vs Puducherry, Elite E Group, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Delhi vs Andhra, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Services vs Goa, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
7:00 PM
Mumbai vs Kerala, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh vs Rajasthan, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 13 - 12:00 PM
Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Bihar vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai
Chandigarh vs Manipur, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Meghalaya vs Mizoram, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Haryana vs Puducherry, Elite E Group, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Delhi vs Andhra, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Services vs Goa, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Vidarbha vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
7:00 PM
Mumbai vs Kerala, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh vs Rajasthan, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 14 - 12:00 PM
Uttarakhand vs Maharashtra, Elite C Group, Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Gujarat vs Himachal Pradesh, Elite C Group, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Chhattisgarh vs Baroda, Elite C Group, F.B. Colony Ground, Vadodara
Tamil Nadu vs Odisha, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jharkhand vs Assam, Elite B Group, Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata
Karnataka vs Tripura, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur
Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttar Pradesh, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
Punjab vs Railways, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
7:00 PM
Bengal vs Hyderabad, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jan 15 - 12:00 PM
Manipur vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Nagaland vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Chandigarh vs Mizoram, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Meghalaya vs Bihar, Plate Group, TBC, TBC
Mumbai vs Haryana, Elite E Group, TBC, TBC
Delhi vs Kerala, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Services vs Rajasthan, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Vidarbha vs Madhya Pradesh, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
7 PM
Puducherry vs Andhra, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Goa vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 16 - 12:00 PM
Gujarat vs Chhattisgarh, Elite C Group, TBC, TBC
Baroda vs Maharashtra, Elite C Group, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand, Elite C Group, Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Assam vs Bengal, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Tamil Nadu vs Hyderabad, Elite B Group, Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata
Jammu and Kashmir vs Punjab, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur
Railways vs Karnataka, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
Uttar Pradesh vs Tripura, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
7:00 PM
Odisha vs Jharkhand, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jan 17 - 12:00 PM
Nagaland vs Mizoram, Plate Group, TBC, TBC
Chandigarh vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Meghalaya vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Bihar vs Manipur, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Kerala vs Andhra, Elite E Group, TBC, TBC
Mumbai vs Puducherry, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Rajasthan vs Goa, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
7:00 PM
Haryana vs Delhi, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Services vs Vidarbha, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 18 - 12:00 PM
Himachal Pradesh vs Maharashtra, Elite C Group, Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Chhattisgarh vs Uttarakhand, Elite C Group, Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Gujarat vs Baroda, Elite C Group, TBC, TBC
Jharkhand vs Hyderabad, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Odisha vs Assam, Elite B Group, Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata
Uttar Pradesh vs Karnataka, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (2) Ground, Alur
Punjab vs Tripura, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket (3) Ground, Alur
Jammu and Kashmir vs Railways, Elite A Group, KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur
7:00 PM
Tamil Nadu vs Bengal, Elite B Group, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jan 19 - 12:00 PM
Nagaland vs Manipur, Plate Group, TI Cycles Ground, Murugappa, Chennai
Bihar vs Mizoram, Plate Group, TBC, TBC
Meghalaya vs Sikkim, Plate Group, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai
Chandigarh vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate Group, Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Delhi vs Puducherry, Elite E Group, TBC, TBC
Haryana vs Kerala, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Vidarbha vs Goa, Elite D Group, Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Services vs Madhya Pradesh, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
7:00 PM
Mumbai vs Andhra, Elite E Group, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Rajasthan vs Saurashtra, Elite D Group, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 26: 12:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, 1st quarterfinal, Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
7:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, 2nd quarterfinal, Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
Jan 27: 12:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, 3rd quarterfinal, Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
7:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, 4th quarterfinal Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
Jan 29: 1:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, 1st Semifinal, Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
7:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semifinal, Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
Jan 31: 7:00 PM - TBC vs TBC, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Final, Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad
SQUADS
Karnataka squad:
Karun Nair (c), Pavan Deshpande (vc), Abhimanyu Mithun, Prasidh Krishna, Prateek Jain, V Koushik, Ronit More, Darshan MB, Manoj Bhandage, Devdutt Padikkal, Roham Kadam, KV Siddharth, KL Shrijith, BR Sharath, Anirudha Joshi, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jagadeesha Suchith, Pravin Dubey, Shubhang Hegde
Assam squad:
Rishav Das (c), Pallav Kr. Das, Riyan Parag, Saahil Jain, Rajjakuddin Ahmed, Denish Das, Amit Sinha, Mukhtar Hussain, Pritam Das, Arup Das, Mrinmoy Dutta, Rahul Singh, Abhishek Thakuri (wk), Erik Roy (wk), Amlanjyoti Das.
Punjab squad:
Mandeep Singh (c), Gurkeerat Singh Mann (vc), Rohan Marwaha, Abhinav Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Ramandeep Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Barinder Singh Sran, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh Brar, Anmolpreet Singh, Anmol Malhotra, Sanvir Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Karan Kaila, Mayank Markande, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Krishan, Gitansh Khera
Bengal squad:
Abhimanyu Easwaran, Manoj Tiwary, Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar (c), Shreevats Goswami, Aritra Chatterjee, Suvankar Bal, Writtick Chatterjee, Prayas Ray Barman, Sujit Yadav, Kaif Ahmed, Ishan Porel, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Ritwik Chowdhury, Vivek Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad, Arnab Nandi, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Ravi Kant Singh, Abhishek Das, Mohammed Kaif,
Baroda squad:
Krunal Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Chintal Gandhi, Pradeep Yadav, Soyeb Sopariya, Ansh Patel, Parth Kohli, Bhargav Bhatt, Pratik Ghodadra, Pratyush Kumar, Kedar Devdhar, Ninad Rathwa, Smit Patel, Vishnu Solanki, Abhimanyu Rajput, Dhruv Patel, Atit Sheth, Babasafi Pathan, L Meriwala, Mohit Mongia, Bhanu Pania, Kartik Kakade.
Maharashtra squad:
Rahul Tripathi (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Naushad Shaikh, Kedar Jadhav, Ranjeet Nikam, Azim Kazi, Nikhil Naik (wk), Vishant More (wk), Satyajeet Bachhav, Taranjeet Singh Dhillon, Shamshuzma Kazi, Pradeep Dadhe, Mukesh Choudhary, Manoj Ingle, Divyang Hingankar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Jagdish Zope, Swapnil Gugale, Dhanraj Pardeshi, Sunny Pandit.
Delhi squad:
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Ishant Sharma, Nitish Rana, Himmat Singh, Kshitiz Sharma, Jonty Sidhu, Hiten Dalal, Lakshay Thareja (wk), Pawan Suyal, Lalit Yadav, Shivank Vashishth, Manjot Kalra, Siddhant Sharma, Anuj Rawat (wk), Pradeep Sangwan, Simarjeet Singh, Pawan Negi, Ayush Badoni, Vaibhav Kandpal, Karan Dagar
Chandigarh squad:
Manan Vohra (c), Gaurav Gambhir, Arslan Khan, Shivam Bhambri, Bipul Sharma, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Gurinder Singh, Gaurav Puri, Jagjit Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Anirudh Kanwar, Sarul Kanwar, Uday Kaul, Ankit Kaushik, Kunal Mahajan, Jaskaranvir Singh
Kerala squad:
Sanju Samson (c), Robin Uthappa, Sachin Baby (vc), Sreesanth, Basil Thampi, Jalaj Saxena, Anand Joseph, Vinoop Manohar, Mithun PK, Akshay KC, Vishnu Vinod, Mohammed Azheruddin, Rahul P, Rohan Kunnumel, Salman Nizar, Nideesh MD, Asif KM, Akshay Chandran, Sijo Mon Jopseph, Mithun S, Abhishek Mohan, Vatsal Govind, Sreeroop
Goa squad:
Amit Verma (c), Amogh Desasi, Vishambar Kahlon, Maliksab Shirur, Vaibhav Govekar, Ishaan Gadekar, Heramb Parab, Darshan Misal, Deepraj Gaonkar, Lakshay Arunkumar Garg, Amulya G Pandrekar, Snehal Kauthankar, Shubham Dessai, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Ashoke Dinda, Felix Antonio Alemao,Nihal Surlaker, Eknath Dinesh Kerkar, Suyash Prabhudessai and Aditya Kaushik.
Mumbai squad:
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Aditya Tare (vc), Minad Manjrekar, Prathamesh Dake, Atharva Ankolekar, Shashank Attarde, Shams Mulani, Hardik Tamore, Akash Parkar, Sufiyan Shaikh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Shubham Ranjane, Sujit Nayak, Sairaj Patil, Tushar Deshpande, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Gujarat squad:
Axar Patel (c), Priyank Panchal, Piyush Chawla (vc), Chintan Gaja, Chirag Gandhi, Urvil Patel, Roosh Kalaria, Kshitij Patel, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Jayveersinh Parmar, Hardik Patel, Karan Patel, Ripal Patel, Tejas Patel, Priyesh Patel, Dhruv Raval
Tamil Nadu squad:
Dinesh Karthik (c), Vijay Shankar (vc), B Aparajith, Sandeep Warrier, J Kousik, R Sonu Yadav, M Ashwin, R Sai Kishore, M Siddharth, L Suryapprakash, R S Jaganath Sinivas, B Indrajith, M Shahrukh Khan, C Hari Nishaanth, K B Arun Karthik, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, N Jagadeesan, Aswin Crist, M Mohammed, G Periyasamy.
Saurashtra squad:
Jaydev Unadkat (c), Chirag Jani, Kushang Patel, Parth Chauhan, Devang Karamta, Kunal Karamchandani, Avi Barot, Harvik Desai, Arpit Vasavada, Samarth Vyas, Yuvraj Chudasama, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Vishwarajsinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Prerak Mankad, Divyarajsinh Chauhan, Vandit Jivrajani, Parth Bhut, Agnivesh Ayachi, Himalay Barad.
Jharkhand squad:
Ishan Kishan (c), Pankaj Kumar, Kumar Deobrat, Saurav Tiwari, Uttakarsh Singh, Anand Singh, Virat Singh (vc), Rahul Shukla, Monu Kumar Singh, Vivekanand Tiwari, Bala Krishna, Aashish Kumar, Satya Setu, Vikash Vishal, Anukul Roy, Shahbaaz Nadeem, Sonu Kumar Singh, Varun Aaron.
Haryana squad:
Ankit Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Ajit Chahal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pramod Chandila, Arun Chaprana, Ashish Hooda, Kapil Hooda, Aman Kumar, Tinu Kundu, Sanjay Pahal, Harshal Patel, Himanshu Rana, Shubham Rohilla, Mohit Sharma, Nitin Saini, Rohit Sharma, Shivam Chauhan, Guntashveer Singh, Sumit Kumar, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Yashu Sharma
Jammu and Kashmir squad:
Parvez Rasool (c), Shubham Khajuria, Ahmed Omar Bandey, Qamran Iqbal, Suryansh Raina (wk), Abdul Samad, Auqib Nabi, Aamir Aziz, Umran Malik, Mujtaba Yusuf, Umar Nazir, Puneet Kumar, Dorjey Kalyan, Abid Mushtaq, Shubhman Singh Pundir, Nawaz Ul Muneer (wk), Jiyaad Nazir Magrey, Henan Nazir Malik, Usman Pandit, Ram Dayal.
Manipur squad:
Yumnam Karnajit Singh, Pukhrambam Prafullomani Singh, Saddam Ahamed Shah, Sagatpam Jayanta Singh, Nitesh Sedai, Narsingh Yadav, Mutum Gemson Singh , Meitankeishangbam Langlonyamba Singh, Rajkumar Rex Singh (c), L Kishan Singha, Bishworjit Singh Konthoujam, Thokchom Kishan Singh, Nongthombam Sarojkumar, Nongthombam Denin, Lamabam Ajay Singh.
Meghalaya squad:
Punit S Bisht (c), Chengkham Sangma, Aditya Singhania, Abhay Negi, Larry G Sangma, Akash Kumar Chaudhary, Dippu Sangma, Yogesh Tiwari, Rohit Shah, Anish Charak, Wanlambok Nongkhlaw, Kilco Sangma, Shellingstar Thabah, Sanjay Yadav, Ravi Teja
Nagaland squad:
Jonathan Rongsen (c), Hokaito Zhimomi (vc), Sedezhalie Rupreo, Hem Bahadur Chetri, Joshua Ben Ozukum, Akavi Yeptho, Khrievitso Kense, Merenka Jamir, Wahid Ali, Imliwati Lemtur, Tahmeed Rahman, Nagaho Chishi, Hopongkyu Sangtam.
Odisha squad:
Subhranshu Senapati (c), Pratik Das, Rajesh Dhuper (wk), Sarbeswar Mohanty, Pappu Roy, Govinda Poddar, Suryakant Pradhan, Rajesh Mohanty, Abhishek Raut, Biplab Samantray, Ankit Yadav, Shantanu Mishra
Rajasthan squad:
Ashok Menaria (C), Mahipal Lomror (vc), Manender Singh, Bharat Sharma, Aditya Garhwal, Arjit Gupta, Tanveer Ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Rahul Chahar, Rajat Choudhary, Akash Singh, Ajayraj Singh, Yash Kothari, Rajesh Bishnoi (sr), Ankit Lamba, Aniket Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Salman Khan, CP Singh.
Uttar Pradesh squad:
Priyam Garg (c), Karn Sharma (vc), Suresh Raina, Rinku Singh, Madhav Kaushik, Samarth Singh, Shubham Choubey, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Aryan Juyal (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohsin Khan, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh, Shanu Saini.
Vidarbha squad:
Ganesh Satish (c), Nachiket Bhute, Mohit Kale, Darshan Nalkande, Akshay Karnewar, Lalit Yadav, Rushabh Rathod, Jitesh Sharma, Yash Rathod, Atharva Taide, Yash Thakur, Akshay Wakhare, Akshay Wadkar, Apoorv Wankhede, Siddhesh Wath
Venue Details
The first-round matches will be held across six cities in the country. The group matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 will happen in Indore, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Baroda. Ahmedabad will host the knockout phase.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 Timings
The afternoon matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 will begin at 12 PM Local Time. The evening games will start at 7 PM Local Time.
