Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy winners list: every champion from 2006-07 to Jharkhand
Jharkhand won their first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2025-26. The full winners list, every final with its margin and venue, and the titles won by each team.
Nov 6, 2023 · Updated Sep 19, 2026
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is India’s domestic Twenty20 championship, played by the same 38 state and institutional sides that contest the Ranji Trophy. It started in 2006-07 as the Inter-State T20 Championship, took its present name at the 2009-10 relaunch, and is named after the former India batter Syed Mushtaq Ali. Eighteen editions have been played.
Jharkhand are the reigning champions, and they won it in the most emphatic final the competition has had. Ishan Kishan made 101 from 49 balls as Jharkhand posted 262 for 3 against Haryana at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on 18 December 2025; Haryana were bowled out for 193 in 18.3 overs, Sushant Mishra taking 3 for 27. It was Jharkhand’s first title, and both of those numbers are records for a final — the highest total, beating Punjab’s 223 for 4 in 2023-24, and the biggest winning margin in runs, beating Delhi’s 41 in 2017-18.
Mumbai won the season before, beating Madhya Pradesh by five wickets at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 15 December 2024. Rajat Patidar’s unbeaten 81 from 40 carried Madhya Pradesh to 174 for 8; Mumbai got there with 13 balls to spare, Suryakumar Yadav making 48 and Suryansh Shedge taking the match award.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy winners list
Every edition, with the winning margin. There was no tournament between the inaugural 2006-07 season and the 2009-10 relaunch.
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Final venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07 | Tamil Nadu | Punjab | 2 wickets | Mumbai |
| 2009-10 | Maharashtra | Hyderabad | 19 runs | Indore |
| 2010-11 | Bengal | Madhya Pradesh | 1 run | Hyderabad |
| 2011-12 | Baroda | Punjab | 8 runs | Mumbai |
| 2012-13 | Gujarat | Punjab | 6 wickets | Indore |
| 2013-14 | Baroda | Uttar Pradesh | 3 runs | Mumbai |
| 2014-15 | Gujarat | Punjab | 2 wickets | Bhubaneswar |
| 2015-16 | Uttar Pradesh | Baroda | 38 runs | Mumbai |
| 2016-17 | East Zone | Central Zone | No final | — |
| 2017-18 | Delhi | Rajasthan | 41 runs | Kolkata |
| 2018-19 | Karnataka | Maharashtra | 8 wickets | Indore |
| 2019-20 | Karnataka | Tamil Nadu | 1 run | Surat |
| 2020-21 | Tamil Nadu | Baroda | 7 wickets | Ahmedabad |
| 2021-22 | Tamil Nadu | Karnataka | 4 wickets | Delhi |
| 2022-23 | Mumbai | Himachal Pradesh | 3 wickets | Kolkata |
| 2023-24 | Punjab | Baroda | 20 runs | Mohali |
| 2024-25 | Mumbai | Madhya Pradesh | 5 wickets | Bengaluru |
| 2025-26 | Jharkhand | Haryana | 69 runs | Pune |
2016-17 is the odd one out and is often listed wrongly. That season the BCCI replaced the state teams with five zonal sides, and the title was decided on the league table rather than in a final: East Zone won all four of their matches to finish on 16 points, with Central Zone second on 12 and the rest separated by net run rate. There was no final to lose, which is why the row above carries no margin and no venue.
Most successful teams
Tamil Nadu are the most successful side with three titles — the inaugural 2006-07 edition, then 2020-21 and 2021-22 back to back. Four teams have two each, Mumbai the most recent to get there.
| Team | Titles | Seasons won |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 2006-07, 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| Baroda | 2 | 2011-12, 2013-14 |
| Gujarat | 2 | 2012-13, 2014-15 |
| Karnataka | 2 | 2018-19, 2019-20 |
| Mumbai | 2 | 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2009-10 |
| Bengal | 1 | 2010-11 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2015-16 |
| East Zone | 1 | 2016-17 |
| Delhi | 1 | 2017-18 |
| Punjab | 1 | 2023-24 |
| Jharkhand | 1 | 2025-26 |
Karnataka were the first team to retain the trophy, winning in 2018-19 and 2019-20 under Manish Pandey. Tamil Nadu did exactly the same immediately afterwards, in 2020-21 and 2021-22, and that is how they got to three. Those two pairs are the only back-to-back wins in eighteen editions.
Punjab have the unhappiest record in the competition: five finals, four of them lost — 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2014-15 — before they finally won one in 2023-24, when Anmolpreet Singh made 113 from 61 and Arshdeep Singh took 4 for 23 against Baroda at Mohali. Baroda have lost three finals, more than any other side that has also won it.
The closest finals
For a tournament whose current champion won by 69 runs, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final is usually tight. Two of them have been decided by a single run. Bengal made 142 for 7 against Madhya Pradesh at Hyderabad in 2010-11 and held on by one; Karnataka made 180 for 5 against Tamil Nadu at Surat in 2019-20 and did the same. Baroda beat Uttar Pradesh by three runs in 2013-14. Of the seventeen finals played, eight have been won by the side batting second and nine by the side batting first, which is about as even as a sample that size gets. None has been tied, so the competition has never needed a Super Over to decide it.
Mumbai’s long wait
The most decorated team in Indian domestic cricket did not reach a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final until 2022-23, sixteen seasons after the competition began. They won it at the first attempt, chasing Himachal Pradesh’s 143 for 8 at Eden Gardens on 5 November 2022 with three balls to spare, Sarfaraz Khan unbeaten on 36 and Tanush Kotian taking 3 for 15. Two years later they had a second, and they now sit level with Baroda, Gujarat and Karnataka.
Format
The format has changed repeatedly. The competition began with zonal round-robin groups feeding a knockout, switched to a Super League of two groups in 2012-13, was played between five zonal teams in 2016-17, and went back to the state sides the following season.
For the 2025-26 edition the 38 teams were split into four elite groups of eight and one plate group of six, with the knockout running through quarter-finals and semi-finals to the final. The powerplay and playing conditions are the standard domestic T20 ones. The whole tournament ran from 26 November to 18 December 2025, inside three weeks, which makes it the shortest of India’s major domestic competitions.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy FAQs
Who won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26? Jharkhand, by 69 runs against Haryana in the final at Pune on 18 December 2025. It was their first title.
Which team has won the most titles? Tamil Nadu, with three.
When did the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy start? In 2006-07, as the Inter-State T20 Championship. It took its current name at the 2009-10 relaunch, and there was no edition in between.
How many teams play in it? All 38 Ranji Trophy teams.
Has any team defended the title? Twice. Karnataka in 2018-19 and 2019-20, then Tamil Nadu in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
What is the highest total in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final? Jharkhand’s 262 for 3 against Haryana in 2025-26.
Final scorelines compiled from the per-season records and cross-checked against the tournament’s winners table; the 2024-25 and 2025-26 finals were additionally verified against Cricbuzz’s match records.
Featured photo: AFP