Sudharsan’s Century Triumphs as Tamil Nadu Overcomes Shami’s Fiery Spell
The group stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2025-26 concluded on Monday. In a Group D match in Ahmedabad, B Sai Sudharsan ended Tamil Nadu’s campaign with an impressive unbeaten century against Saurashtra.
Here’s a recap of Team India’s players’ performances in the seventh round on Monday:
Sai Sudharsan – The Tamil Nadu opener scored a brilliant unbeaten 101 off just 55 balls, featuring 10 fours and four sixes, leading his team to a three-wicket victory in pursuit of 184, achieved within 19 overs.
Ajinkya Rahane – The Mumbai opener’s sterling 95 not out from 56 balls, which included nine fours and three sixes, eased the defending champions to a comfortable chase of 168 against Odisha at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium.
Mohammed Shami – The Bengal pacer took four wickets for 30 runs in his four overs, helping to restrict Haryana to 191 for nine. However, Bengal fell short by 24 runs, ending their hopes of progressing to the Super League as they concluded with four wins in seven matches.
Scores:
Elite: Group A (Lucknow): Vidarbha 154/8 in 20 overs (Aman Mokhade 50, Akshay Wadkar 41, Satyanarayana Raju 4/26) defeated Andhra 135/9 in 20 overs (Avinash Pyla 44, Yash Thakur 4/22).
Kerala 101 in 19.4 overs (Sadak Hussain 4/19) was defeated by Assam 105/5 in 18.5 overs (Pradyun Saikia 41 not out).
Railways 170 in 20 overs (Suraj Ahuja 47, Navneet Virk 30) lost to Chhattisgarh 171/5 in 19.1 overs (Amandeep Khare 78 not out, Sanjeet Desai 36).
Odisha 167/7 in 20 overs (Sandeep Pattanaik 31, Suryansh Shedge 3/46) fell to Mumbai 168/1 in 16 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 95 not out, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 38 not out).
Final standings: Mumbai 7-6-1-24 (2.004); Andhra 7-5-2-20 (0.926); Railways 7-3-4-12 (-0.038); Kerala 7-3-4-12 (-0.057); Vidarbha 7-3-4-12 (-0.282); Odisha 7-3-4-12 (-0.543); Assam 7-3-4-12 (-0.627); Chhattisgarh 7-2-5-8 (-1.144).
Mumbai and Andhra advanced to the next stage.
Group B (Kolkata): Hyderabad 146/8 in 20 overs (Aman Rao 33, Pragnay Reddy 43, Jagjit Singh Sandhu 3/36) lost to Chandigarh 147/6 in 19.5 overs (Arjun Azad 63, Shivam Bhambri 42).
Uttar Pradesh 144/6 in 20 overs (Prashant Veer 40 not out, Mangal Mahrour 3/12) lost to Bihar 145/4 in 19.2 overs (Ayush Loharuka 36, Piyush Singh 57, Prince Yadav 3/24).
Maharashtra 161/7 in 20 overs (Rahul Tripathi 83 not out, V. Koushik 3/20) defeated Goa 146 in 19.3 overs (Lalit Yadav 49, Darshan Misal 31, Jalaj Saxena 3/22, Tanay Sanghvi 3/23, Vicky Ostwal 3/27).
Jammu & Kashmir 150/9 in 20 overs (Auqib Nabi 32, Tripuresh Singh 3/32) defeated Madhya Pradesh 137 in 20 overs (Harsh Gawali 33, Harpreet Singh Bhatia 32, Auqib Nabi 3/19, Sunil Kumar 3/32).
Final standings: Hyderabad 7-5-2-20 (1.423); Madhya Pradesh 7-4-3-16 (0.935); Maharashtra 7-4-3-16 (0.063); Goa 7-4-3-16 (-0.013); Jammu & Kashmir 7-4-3-16 (-0.538); Uttar Pradesh 7-3-4-12 (0.634); Chandigarh 7-3-4-12 (-1.092), Bihar 7-1-6-4 (-1.342).
Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh progressed to the next stage.
Group C (Hyderabad): Baroda 220/5 in 20 overs (Amit Pasi 114, Abhishek Sakuja 3/33) defeated Services 207/8 in 20 overs (Kuwar Pathak 51, Ravi Chauhan 51, Mohit Ahlawat 41, Raj Limbani 3/37).
Haryana 191/9 in 20 overs (Ankit Kumar 46, Nishant Sindhu 48, Yashvardhan Dalal 31, Mohammed Shami 4/30) won against Bengal 167 in 20 overs (Abishek Porel 47, Writtick Chatterjee 44).
Punjab 188/8 in 20 overs (Naman Dhir 61, Salil Arora 30, Sanvir Singh 30) defeated Gujarat 113 in 16.1 overs (Saurav Chauhan 31).
Pondicherry 173/4 in 20 overs (Bhanu Anand 56, Jashwanth Shreeram 41) overcame Himachal Pradesh 155/9 in 20 overs (Ekant Sen 56, Akash Vashisht 34, Adil Ayub 3/24).
Final standings: Punjab 7-5-2-20 (2.716); Haryana 7-5-2-20 (0.409); Baroda 7-4-3-16 (0.914); Gujarat 7-4-3-16 (-0.357); Pondicherry 7-4-3-16 (-0.532); Bengal 7-4-3-16 (-0.834); Himachal Pradesh 7-1-6-4 (-0.442); Services 7-1-6-4 (-1.823).
Punjab and Haryana moved on to the next stage.
Group D (Ahmedabad): Delhi 162/7 in 20 overs (Yash Dhull 52, Nitish Rana 51) overcame Uttarakhand 144/7 in 20 overs (Prashant Chopra 54, Aarav Mahajan 33).
Jharkhand 215/5 in 20 overs (Virat Singh 69, Kumar Kushagra 55, Robin Minz 58) bested Rajasthan 179 in 19.2 overs (Karan Lamba 52, Sushant Mishra 3/21, Anukul Roy 3/37).
Karnataka 197/6 in 20 overs (B.R. Sharath 44, Devdutt Padikkal 32, Macneil Noronha 34) tied with Tripura 197/8 in 20 overs (Hanuma Vihari 36, Manisankar Murasingh 69); Super Over: Tripura 22/0 defeated Karnataka 18/1.
Saurashtra 183/7 in 20 overs (Vishvaraj Jadeja 70, Sammar Gajjar 66, R. Silambarasan 3/30) was defeated by Tamil Nadu 185/7 in 18.4 overs (B. Sai Sudharsan 101 not out, Sunny Sandhu 30, Jaydev Unadkat 3/30).
Final standings: Jharkhand 7-7-0-28 (1.976); Rajasthan 7-6-1-24 (0.630); Delhi 7-4-3-16 (0.086); Tamil Nadu 7-3-4-12 (-0.777); Karnataka 7-2-5-8 (0.678); Saurashtra 7-2-5-8 (-0.662); Tripura 7-2-5-8 (-0.915); Uttarakhand 7-2-5-8 (-0.993).
Jharkhand and Rajasthan progressed to the next stage.
(Standings indicate Team, Played, Won, Lost, Points, and Net Run Rate).
Published on Dec 08, 2025
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