Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024: Knockout schedule, qualified teams, final group-stage points table | Cricket News

The group stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 ended on Thursday, with 127 games played and 10 teams qualifying for the knockout stages.
The top six teams directly advance to the quarter-finals, and teams from seventh position to 10th position will battle it out in the pre-quarterfinals. The two teams that win the pre-quarterfinals will then join the top six in the quarter-finals.
After several matches went down the wire, heaps of runs put up on the board and seeing multiple records broken, the top 10 teams were only confirmed at the end of the the last group match between Andhra and Mumbai.
SMAT 2024 Qualified teams and ranking (1-10)
1. 24 points – Baroda (+2.353) – Group B topper2. 24 points – Delhi (+2.224) – Group C topper3. 24 points – Madhya Pradesh (+1.533) – Group A topper4. 20 points – Mumbai (+1.246) – Group E topper5. 18 points – Vidarbha (1.839) – Group D topper
6. 24 points – Saurashtra (+2.257) – 2nd place in Group B7. 24 points – Bengal (+1.607) – 2nd place in Group A8. 20 points – Andhra (+2.527) –  2nd place in Group E9. 20 points – Uttar Pradesh (+1.942) – 2nd place in Group C10. 16 points – Chandigarh (+0.224) – 2nd place in  Group D
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2024 Knockout schedule:
December 9, 2024 – Pre-QuartersPQF 1 – Bengal Vs Chandigarh – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 11 AM PQF 2 – Andhra Vs Uttar Pradesh – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM
December 11, 2024 – Quarterfinals
QF 1 – Baroda Vs Winner PQF 1 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 11 AM QF 2 – Delhi Vs Winner PQF 2 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM QF 3 – Madhya Pradesh Vs Saurashtra – Alur Cricket Stadium, Alur – 9:00 AM QF 4 – Mumbai Vs Vidarbha – Alur Cricket Stadium, Alur – 1:30 PM
December 13, 2024 – SemifinalsSF1 – Winner QF1 v Winner QF4 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 11 AM SF2 – Winner QF2 v Winner QF3 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM
December 15, 2024Final – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM

GROUP A

Pos
Team
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
For
Against
Points
NRR

1
Madhya Pradesh
7
6
1
0
0
1251/137.1
1034/136.2
24
1.536

2
Bengal
7
6
1
0
0
1098/116.4
1090/139.4
24
1.607

3
Punjab
7
5
2
0
0
1150/116.5
1150/139.0
20
1.57

4
Rajasthan
7
5
2
0
0
1177/125.3
980/136.1
20
2.181

5
Hyderabad
7
3
4
0
0
1154/124.1
1009/137.5
12
1.974

6
Bihar
7
2
5
0
0
979/140.0
982/113.4
8
-1.646

7
Mizoram
7
1
6
0
0
933/137.2
1204/127.1
4
-2.674

8
Meghalaya
7
0
7
0
0
822/140.0
1115/107.5
0
-4.469

GROUP B

Pos
Team
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
For
Against
Points
NRR

1
Baroda
7
6
1
0
0
1402/128.2
1200/140.0
24
2.353

2
Saurashtra
7
6
1
0
0
1354/131.4
1117/139.2
24
2.267

3
Gujarat
7
6
1
0
0
1210/119.5
1139/139.3
24
1.932

4
Karnataka
7
3
4
0
0
1122/116.4
1168/137.0
12
1.092

5
Tamil Nadu
7
3
4
0
0
1248/140.0
1058/131.3
12
0.869

6
Tripura
7
2
5
0
0
1022/124.2
1078/114.4
8
-1.181

7
Uttarakhand
7
2
5
0
0
1045/127.1
1182/126.1
8
-1.151

8
Sikkim
7
0
7
0
0
633/140.0
1094/99.5
0
-6.437

GROUP C

Pos
Team
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
For
Against
Points
NRR

1
Delhi
7
6
1
0
0
1032/114.5
940/139.0
24
2.224

2
Uttar Pradesh
7
5
2
0
0
1095/122.4
972/139.1
20
1.942

3
Jharkhand
7
5
2
0
0
1133/119.3
1032/136.0
20
1.893

4
J & K
7
5
2
0
0
960/119.2
964/139.3
20
1.134

5
Haryana
7
3
4
0
0
988/122.0
814/126.4
12
1.672

6
Himachal Pradesh
7
3
4
0
0
923/118.4
968/127.4
12
0.196

7
Manipur
7
1
6
0
0
834/140.0
916/110.0
4
-2.37

8
Arunachal Pradesh
7
0
7
0
0
556/140.0
915/79.0
0
-7.611

GROUP D

Pos
Team
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
For
Against
Points
NRR

1
Vidarbha
6
4
1
0
1
871/86.3
823/100.0
18
1.839

2
Chandigarh
6
4
2
0
0
1062/115.4
1063/118.4
16
0.224

3
Railways
6
3
2
0
1
825/91.0
820/98.3
14
0.741

4
Assam
6
3
3
0
0
634/96.4
807/92.0
12
-2.213

5
Chhattisgarh
6
2
3
0
1
895/99.5
789/96.0
10
0.746

6
Pondicherry
6
2
4
0
0
847/94.2
838/80.1
8
-1.474

7
Odisha
6
1
4
0
1
777/75.0
771/73.4
6
-0.106

GROUP E

Pos
Team
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
NR
For
Against
Points
NRR

1
Mumbai
6
5
1
0
0
1146/108.5
1118/120.0
20
1.213

2
Andhra
6
5
1
0
0
947/98.2
849/119.3
20
2.526

3
Kerala
6
4
2
0
0
862/97.2
806/100.4
16
0.85

4
Maharashtra
6
3
3
0
0
1034/115.0
1067/116.4
12
-0.154

5
Services
6
2
4
0
0
1090/120.0
1069/118.1
8
0.037

6
Goa
6
2
4
0
0
1043/107.2
994/103.3
8
0.114

7
Nagaland
6
0
6
0
0
689/120.0
908/88.2
0
-4.538