SMAT 2024-25 Round 5 Highlights: Bengal Beat Meghalaya By 6 Wickets; Saurashtra Crush Baroda By 78 Runs

A total of 18 matches are set to be played on Sunday, December 1. Three matches are scheduled for an early start, with the first ball to be bowled at 9:00 am IST.

Live streaming of selected matches from the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 will be available on the JioCinema app and website.

- Madhya Pradesh vs Rajasthan, Group A

- Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu, Group B

- Haryana vs Jharkhand, Group C

- Bengal vs Meghalaya, Group A

- Gujarat vs Sikkim, Group B

- Arunachal Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh, Group C

- Assam vs Puducherry, Group D

- Chhattisgarh vs Odisha, Group D

- Nagaland vs Mumbai, Group E

- Andhra vs Services, Group E

Tamil Nadu bat first against Karnataka at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore, while Rajasthan bowl first against Madhya Pradesh in Rajkot.

Tamil Nadu (Playing XI): Baba Indrajith, N Jagadeesan(w), Boopathi Kumar, Rithik Easwaran, Shahrukh Khan(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohamed Ali, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh

Karnataka (Playing XI): Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarawal(c), Krishnan Shrijith(w), Smaran Ravichandran, Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Shubhang Hegde, Manoj Bhandage, Vasuki Koushik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vidyadhar Patil

Rajasthan (Playing XI): Abhijeet Tomar, Bharat Sharma(w), Shubham Garhwal, Deepak Chahar, Kartik Sharma, Mahipal Lomror(c), Deepak Hooda, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Manav Suthar, Rahul Chahar, Aniket Choudhary

Madhya Pradesh (Playing XI): Arpit Gaud, Abhishek Pathak(w), Subhranshu Senapati, Rajat Patidar(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Tripuresh Singh, Rahul Batham, Kumar Kartikeya, Avesh Khan, Shivam Shukla

After opting to bat first, Tamil Nadu are in all sorts of trouble early in with Karnataka pacer Vasuki Koushik breathing fire and breaking TN's back with three-wickets in not much time. TN are 11/4 after three overs.

Rajasthan, having opted to bowl first, have struck blows early with Aniket Choudhary and Manav Suthar taking a wicket apiece in the first five overs of the contest. Whereas for Madhya Pradesh, all hopes will be pinned on Rajat Patidar to take them out of the hole.

Haryana (Playing XI): Himanshu Rana, Harshal Patel, Ankit Kumar(c), Nishant Sindhu, Dheeru Singh, Dinesh Bana(w), Sumit Kumar, Rahul Tewatia, Anshul Kamboj, Amit Rana, Yuzvendra Chahal

Jharkhand (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh(c), Kumar Kushagra, Anukul Roy, Robin Minz, Pankaj Kishor Kumar, Bal Krishna, Vikash Singh, Vikas Kumar, Vivekanand Tiwari

Karnataka continue to deliver in Indore as Tamil Nadu are in some serious trouble after 10 overs, having made just 46 and have also lost six wickets in the process. While on the other hand, Madhya Pradesh's struggles also continue as Rajasthan pile on the pressure, picking four wickets in the first 11 overs.

Madhya Pradesh: 95/5 (15), Rahul Batham 2*(2), Harpreet Singh 24*(24) vs Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu: 66/8 (15), Sandeep Warrier 1*(7), Varun Chakaravarthy 10*(9) vs Karnataka

Haryana: 24/2 (5), Nishant Sindhu 1*(3), Harshal Patel 9*(5) vs Jharkhand

Tamil Nadu have been bowled out for just 90 against Karnataka at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore, thanks to three-wicket hauls from Vasuki Koushik and Manoj Bhandage. For TN, Varun Chakravarthy, who batted at No.9 was the highest run-getter with 24.

Madhya Pradesh managed to score 139 runs in their 20 overs, with Harpreet Singh Bhatia top-scoring with 41 from 36 balls. For Rajasthan, Manav Suthar was the pick of the bowlers, picking two wickets for just 17 runs in four overs.

Gujarat (Playing XI): Aarya Desai, Umang Kumar, Saurav Chauhan, Vishal Jayswal, Axar Patel(c), Abhishek Desai(w), Ripal Patel, Hemang Patel, Tejas Patel, Priyajitsing Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi

Sikkim (Playing XI): Nilesh Lamichaney, Parth Palawat, Ashish Thapa(w), Pranesh Chettri, Palzor Tamang, Roshan Kumar, Ankur Malik, Lee Yong Lepcha(c), Saurav Prasad, Bhim Luitel, Md Saptulla

Arunachal Pradesh bowl first against Uttar Pradesh in Mumbai, while Assam Vs Puducherry, Chhattisgarh Vs Odisha, Bengal Vs Meghalaya fixtures have all been delayed due to wet outfield.

Karnataka, who were looking to get the runs quickly in pursuit of bettering their net-run rate, have started off on a brilliant note chasing 91, having notched up 51 runs in the powerplay with Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal opening the innings.

Karnataka chase down Tamil Nadu's 91-run target in just 11.3 overs at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore. Manish Pandey top scored with 42, while Mayank Agarwal notched up 30. Pandey was adjudged the Player of the Match.

Abhijeeth Tomar scored 66, while contributions from Deepak Hooda (26) and Bharat Sharma (25) were more than sufficient to help Rajasthan pick up a six-wicket win over Madhya Pradesh at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C in Rajkot.

At the innings break, Uttar Pradesh post 242/4 after 20 overs. Rinku Singh remains unbeaten on 26 from 13 balls, including 2 fours and 8 sixes, for a strike rate of 188.89. Priyam Garg contributed 81 off 39 balls, with 4 fours and 8 sixes, maintaining a strike rate of 188.37. For the bowlers, Toko Techir has bowled 3 overs for 40 runs at an economy rate of 14.67, while Lalit Kumar has bowled 4 overs, conceding 61 runs at an economy rate of 15.25.

Meghalaya (Playing XI): Arien Sangma, Arpit Bhatewara(w), Akash Choudhary(c), Swarajeet Das, Ibitlang Thabah, Larry Sangma, Aryan Bora, Anish Charak, Roshan Warbah, Roberth Sangma, Himan Phukan

Bengal (Playing XI): Sudip Kumar Gharami(c), Abishek Porel(w), Karan Lal, Shakir Gandhi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Mohammed Shami, Kanishk Seth, Ranjot Khaira, Prayas Barman, Sayan Ghosh

Virat Singh was adjudged Player of the Match as Jharkhand edge Haryana by one wicket, with the game reduced to 16 overs at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC, Mumbai.

Punjab have won the toss and will bowl first.

Hyderabad (Playing XI): Tanmay Agarwal, Rohit Rayudu, Tilak Varma(c), Rahul Buddhi, Prateek Reddy(w), Mickil Jaiswal, Telukupalli Ravi Teja, Chama V Milind, Chinntla Rakshan Readdi, Ajay Dev Goud, Nitin Sai Yadav

Punjab (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma(c), Prabhsimran Singh(w), Arshdeep Singh, Jassinder Singh, Mayank Markande, Baltej Singh, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sanvir Singh

Himachal Pradesh skipper Rishi Dhawan called it right at the toss and has opted to field first.

Delhi (Playing XI): Yash Dhull, Priyansh Arya, Ayush Badoni(c), Himmat Singh, Anuj Rawat(w), Mayank Rawat, Harsh Tyagi, Simarjeet Singh, Suyash Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Prince Yadav

Himachal Pradesh (Playing XI): Ankit Kalsi, Ekant Sen, Arpit Guleria, Vaibhav Arora, Mridul Surroch, Mayank Dagar, Shubham Arora(w), Ayush Jamwal, Rishi Dhawan(c), Sumeet Verma, Mukul Negi

Harvik Desai and Tarang Gohel took off for Saurashtra in the first four overs, but Baroda have slightly got things back with two wickets, with Atit Sheth picking both. However, the Jaydev Unadkat-led side have notched up 78 runs in the first six overs.

The game between Chhattisgarh and Odisha has been abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vizag.

Chhattisgarh Squad: Aayush Pandey, Amandeep Khare(c), Shashank Chandrakar(w), Shashank Singh, Prateek Yadav, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Sanjeet Desai, Gagandeep Singh, Shubham Agarwal, Ravi Kiran, Mayank Yadav, Sourabh Majumdar, Anuj Tiwary, Eknath Kerkar, Ashish Chouhan, Ashutosh Singh, Vishvas Malik, Jivesh Butte

Odisha Squad: Swastik Samal, Gourav Choudhury, Abhishek Yadav, Rakesh Pattnaik, Govinda Poddar(c), Debabrata Pradhan, Prabin Luha(w), Sambit S Baral, Tarani Sa, Jamala Mohapatra, Subham Satrujit, Aasirwad Swain, Rajesh Mohanty, Pradeep Pradhan, Sandeep Pattnaik, Kartik Biswal, Harshit Rathod

Bengal defeat Meghalaya by six wickets at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. With all eyes on Mohammed Shami's fitness, the 34-year-old bowled four overs, giving away just 16 runs.

Uttar Pradesh thrash Arunachal Pradesh by 156 runs

After being asked to bat first, Uttar Pradesh posted an imposing total of 242/4 in 20 overs, powered by Priyam Garg's blistering 81 off 43 balls and Aryan Juyal's steady 75 from 40 deliveries. Arunachal Pradesh faltered badly in the chase, managing only 86/5 in their 20 overs, succumbing to a crushing defeat.

Uttarakhand have won the toss and have opted to bat first against Tripura at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Uttarakhand (Playing XI): Yuvraj Chaudhary, Avneesh Sudha, Sanskar Rawat, Ravikumar Samarth, Aditya Tare(w), Swapnil Singh, Vijay Sharma, Akash Madhwal(c), Agrim Tiwari, Rajan Kumar, Prashant Bhati

Tripura (Playing XI): Samrat Sutradhar, Sridam Paul, Mandeep Singh(c), Chiranjit Paul, Bikramkumar Das, Srinivas Sharath(w), Manisankar Murasingh, Saurabh Das, Ajay Sarkar, Rajat Dey, Parvez Sultan

Jammu and Kashmir have won the toss and have opted to field first against Manipur at the Wakhande Stadium, Mumbai.

Jammu and Kashmir (Playing XI): Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria(c), Vivrant Sharma, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Auqib Nabi Dar, Shivansh Sharma(w), Yudhvir Singh Charak, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lone Nasir Muzaffar, Sahil Lotra

Manipur (Playing XI): Ulenyai Khwairakpam, Kangabam Priyojit Singh, Johnson Singh, Pheiroijam Jotin, Chingakham Bidash, Rex Rajkumar(c), Ahmed Shah(w), L Kishan Singha, Ajay Lamabam Singh, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Sanatombaroy Laiphangbam

Bihar have won the toss and have opted to bat first against Mizoram at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

Mizoram (Playing XI): Jehu Anderson(w), Agni Chopra, Lalhriatrenga, Mohit Jangra, KC Cariappa, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Vikash Kumar, Khiangte Vanrotlinga, Bobby Zothansanga(c), Parvez Ahmed, Naveen Gurung

Bihar (Playing XI): Bipin Saurabh, Sakibul Gani(c), Ayush Loharuka(w), Mayank Choudhary, Sachin Kumar, Himanshu Singh, Nawaz Khan, Sakib Hussain, Amod Yadav, Gajendra Singh, TBC

Vidarbha vs Railways, Group D Match: Toss Delayed Due to Rain at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Goa vs Kerala, Group E: Toss Delayed Due to Rain at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Delhi beat Himachal Pradesh by 5 wickets!

Himachal Pradesh managed to post only 145/8, with none of the batters reaching fifty. Delhi chased down the modest target of 146 easily, thanks to Ayush Badoni (c)'s explosive 39-ball 70. Delhi reached 148/5 in just 14.5 overs, winning by 5 wickets.

HP - 145/8 (20)

DEL - 149/5 (14.5)

Saurashtra crushed Baroda by 78 runs.

Batting first, Saurashtra posted a formidable total of 266/6 in 20 overs, thanks to a blistering 76 off 39 balls from Harvik Desai (wk) and half-centuries from Ruchit Ahir and Jay Gohil. In response, Baroda was restricted to 188/8 in their 20 overs, giving Saurashtra a dominant 78-run victory.

SAUR: 266/6 (20)

BRD: 188/8 (20)

Punjab beat hyderabad by 7 runs.

Punjab posted a daunting total of 196/6 in 20 overs, with Anmolpreet Singh smashing 60 off 36 balls. In response, Naman Dhir라이브 바카라 magical spell of 5 wickets for just 19 runs in 4 overs helped defend the target, as Punjab won the match by 7 runs.

PUN: 196/6 (20)

HYD: 189 (20)

The Vidarbha vs Railways, Group D match at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam has been abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to heavy rain.

Tripura Clinch 8-Wicket Win Over Uttarakhand

Batting first, Uttarakhand could only manage 150/7 in 20 overs, with Parvez Sultan leading the way for Tripura with a brilliant spell, taking 4 wickets for just 19 runs. In reply, Tripura chased down the target in just 14.2 overs, powered by Bikramkumar Das' explosive 79 off 43 balls and Sridam Paul's 68 off 38 balls. Das, performance also earned him the Player of the Match honor.

UTK 150/7 (20)

TRI 154/2 (14.2)

Jammu and Kashmir beat Manipur by 2 wickets!

Manipur posted a modest total of 110/8 in their 20 overs, with J&K's Rasikh Salam starring with the ball, claiming 4 wickets. None of the Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir batters managed to touch a half-century mark. However, despite a fiery spell from Bishworjit Konthoujam (4/18) that put Jammu & Kashmir on the back foot they chased down the target of 111 runs in 19.4 overs, winning by 2 wickets in a tight finish.

MNP: 110/8 (20)

JK: 113/8 (19.4)

Bihar Crush Mizoram by 103 Runs

Bihar posted a formidable total of 199/2, thanks to a brilliant unbeaten century from S Gani, who hammered 120 off 66 balls. Bipin Saurabh also contributed with an unbeaten 50 to power Bihar라이브 바카라 innings. In the second innings , Mizoram's chase never gained momentum. Gajendra Singh led the way with the ball, claiming 4 wickets as Bihar bowled Mizoram out for just 96 runs in 15 overs.

BIH: 199/2 (20)

MIZ: 96 (15)

Kerala Win by 11 Runs (VJD Method) in Rain-Shortened Clash

Kerala won the toss and chose to bat first in a match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain. They posted a total of 143/6 in 13 overs with captain Sanju Samson leading the charge, scoring 31 off 15 balls. In response, Goa were 69/2 after 7.5 overs when the rain intervened again. As per the VJD method, Kerala were declared winners by 11 runs.

KER: 143/6 (13)

GOA: 69/2 (7.5)

The sixth round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 will unfold on December 3, Tuesday. Join us again for the coverage of the India Domestic T20 matches. Until then, good night and take care!