The 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the twelfth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into six groups, with six teams in Group C.[1]Baroda, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand were placed in Group C, with all the matches taking place in Vadodara.[2] Baroda won Group C to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.[3] Himachal Pradesh also qualified for the quarter-finals, finishing as one of the best two second placed teams across groups A to E.[4]