Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Full Schedule, Teams, Groups, Venues, Dates and Match Timings

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Bengaluru, November 3: The thirteenth edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will kick off the men's domestic season in India and is scheduled to start on November 4 with the final taking place on 22 November.

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be held across Lucknow, Guwahati, Baroda, Delhi, Haryana and Vijayawada, with the knockouts starting in Delhi from November 16 and the final also set to take place in Delhi.

The tournament will see 38 teams divided into five Elite groups - A, B, C, D, E, comprising six teams each, and one Plate group with eight teams. Each team will play a total of five league matches, regardless of the number of teams in the group, with all 38 teams playing the same number of matches.

Holders Tamil Nadu have been drawn alongside Puducherry, Maharashtra, Odisha, Goa and Punjab in Group A, while 2018 and 2019 champions Karnataka have been paired with Mumbai, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Baroda and Services.

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir have been drawn in Group C, while Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Railways, Gujarat and Kerala make up for Group D.

In the final elite group - Group D, former winners Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have been drawn along with the likes of Uttarakhand, Hyderabad, Saurashtra and Chandigarh. The plate group, meanwhile, features Arunachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur.

A total of 5 teams from the top-ranked teams in Elites will progress directly to the quarterfinals with the second-placed teams from Elites and the winner of the Plate Group playing in preliminary quarterfinals matches to determine the final eight teams.

The Indian domestic T20 tournament will also be one to watch for the Indian Premier League franchises ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auctions.

Here is all you need to know about Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021:

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 Groups

Elite Group A: Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Odisha, Goa, Punjab

Elite Group B: Karnataka, Mumbai, Baroda, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Services

Elite Group C: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

Elite Group D: Gujarat, Kerala, Bihar, Railways, Assam, Madhya Pradesh

Elite Group E: Saurashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Uttarakhand

Plate Group: Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Tripura, Vidarbha

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 Venues

Elite Group A - Lucknow

Elite Group B - Guwahati

Elite Group C - Baroda

Elite Group D - Delhi - Arun Jaitley Stadium and Airforce Complex ground, Palam

Elite Group E - Haryana - Rohtak, Sultanpur

Plate Group - Vijayawada - Mulapada, Vishakapatanam

Knock-out matches - Delhi

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 Full Schedule

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 Knockout Schedule