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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy winners l: Jharkhand, Haryana eye maiden title in SMAT 2025 final | Cricket News

insidetrack IndiaDecember 18, 2025

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The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the premier domestic state T20 tournament in the country, is set to crown a new champion on Wednesday as first-time finals Jharkhand and Haryana take on each other at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
Both teams have had superior runs through their league stage campaigns with Jharkhand notching up nine straight victories before the late blip against Andhra in their last Super League game. Despite a few defeats, Haryana qualified as the second-placed team from Elite Group C and even went onto top a group that comprised last year’s champions, Mumbai, to make it to their maiden final. The SMAT has seen similar dominant runs in the past too.
Tamil Nadu are the most successful side in the tournament’s hory with three titles. TN also won the first edition held in 2006-07. Karnataka, Gujarat and Baroda have won the title on two occasions each. Mumbai joined them after winning their second title, beating Madhya Pradesh six wickets in the SMAT 2024-25 final last December.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) Complete Winners l

Seasons
Winners
Runners-up
Winning Captain
Losing Captain

2006/07
Tamil Nadu
Punjab
Dinesh Karthik

2009/10
Maharashtra
Hyderabad
Rohit Motwani
Amol Shinde

2010/11
Bengal
Madhya Pradesh
Manoj Tiwary
Mohnish Mishra

2011/12
Baroda
Punjab
Pinal Shah

2012/13
Gujarat
Punjab
Parthiv Patel
Mandeep Singh

2013/14
Baroda
Uttar Pradesh
Aditya Waghmode
Akshdeep Nath

2014/15
Gujarat
Punjab
Manpreet Juneja
Gurkeerat Singh

2015/16
Uttar Pradesh
Baroda
Suresh Raina
Irfan Pathan

2016/17
East Zone
Central Zone
Manoj Tiwary
Naman Ojha

2017/18
Delhi
Rajasthan
Pradeep Sangwan

2018/19
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Manish Pandey
Rahul Tripathi

2019/20
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Manish Pandey
Dinesh Karthik

2020/21
Tamil Nadu
Baroda
Dinesh Karthik
Kedar Devdhar

2021/22
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Vijay Shankar
Manish Pandey

2022/23
Mumbai
Himachal Pradesh
Ajinkya Rahane
Rishi Dhawan

2023/24
Punjab
Baroda
Mandeep Singh
Krunal Pandya

2024/25
Mumbai
Madhya Pradesh
Shreyas Iyer
Rajat Patidar

2025/26
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

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