Mumbai dominate Madhya Pradesh in SMAT final, clinch 63rd domestic title

The side led by Shreyas Iyer won their second Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title with the victory over MP in the final which was held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru

Mumbai’s impressive batting prowess once again came to their aid as they went on to beat Madhya Pradesh by 5 wickets to clinch the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title on Sunday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

MP gave Mumbai a fighting target of 175 to achieve following an incredible batting display from Rajat Patidar, who played an unbeaten inning of 81. Mumbai ended up reaching the target in 17.5 overs, riding on knocks from Suryakumar Yadav (48), Ajinkya Rahane (37) and Suryansh Shedge (36*)

This was Mumbai’s second SMAT title after winning it for the first time in 2022, while MP’s wait for a maiden trophy prolonged to another season.

After a brief period of lull, Suryakumar reactivated his run-making ways and added 52 runs for the third wicket with Rahane.

It helped Mumbai to recover from the early dismissals of Prithvi Shaw and skipper Shreyas Iyer, both of them falling to rather causal shots.

It looked as if the duo would take Mumbai home however, both Suryakumar and Rahne would end up losing their wickets between 3 overs.

At 129 for five in 14.4 overs, Mumbai needed 46 runs but any worries were soon eased by the big-hitting Shedge and Atharva Ankolekar (16*) who knocked off the remaining runs without much fuss in a little over 3 overs.

Brief scores: Madhya Pradesh: 174/8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 81 not out, Subhranshu Senapati 23; Shardul Thakur 2/41, Royston Dias 2/32) lost to Mumbai: 180/5 in 17.5 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 48, Ajinkya Rahane 37, Suryansh Shedge 36 not out; Tripuresh Singh 2/34) by 5 wickets.