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 finalists 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 history 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 by six wickets in the SMAT 2024-25 final last December.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) Complete Winners list
| 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 |