There have been a number of success stories over the years of batsmen coming out of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Most of those who perform in this tournament end up getting contracts at the Indian Premier League (IPL) while some have even gone on to play for the national side, so it’s turned out to be a very important tournament on the annual BCCI domestic cricket calendar.
T20 has almost always been a batsman’s format and here too, quite a few names have emerged as leaders over the years. Scoring runs over a single season is fine but being among the top scorers of the tournament’s history is a massive achievement and even though this tournament has a smaller history than other Indian domestic leagues, we’re still going to speak about the SMAT T20 leading run scorers on this page.
We’re listing down the top 10 run scorers in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history, right from inception till date. Since the tournament has a small history, most of them on this list have been a part of the competition from start till date. Before we get into the tournament’s complete run scorers list over the years, you can also check out our complete SMAT winners list here, with Tamil Nadu being the most successful side.
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Leading the pack on the SMAT run scorers list is Harpreet Singh who currently represent Chhattisgarh and has plundered 2,337 runs in 80 games in his SMAT career, having represented Madhya Pradesh and Central Zone in the past too, and taking the top spot in the SMAT 2023 season. See our complete SMAT run scorers list below, last updated on 4th November 2023, at the end of the SMAT 2023/24 season:
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – most runs list
| Batsman | Matches | Runs | Teams | High Score |
| Harpreet Singh | 80 | 2,337 | Central Zone, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh | 92* |
| Kedar Devdhar | 80 | 2,282 | Baroda | 100 |
| Virat Singh | 76 | 2,234 | East Zone, Jharkhand | 103* |
| Shreevats Goswami | 78 | 2,122 | Bengal, East Zone, Mizoram | 86* |
| Mandeep Singh | 92 | 2,080 | Punjab | 99* |
| Aditya Tare | 85 | 2,067 | Mumbai, Uttarakhand, West Zone | 82 |
| Paras Dogra | 86 | 2,051 | Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry | 93* |
| Manan Vohra | 64 | 2,025 | Chandigarh, Punjab | 106* |
| Mayank Agarwal | 71 | 2,018 | Karnataka, South Zone | 111 |
| Manish Pandey | 82 | 2,008 | Karnataka | 129* |
Next on the list is Kedar Devdhar who lost his top spot because having last played here in SMAT 2021, having 2,282 runs in 80 games in his Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy career, with 13 fifties and an SMAT century to his name. Harpreet Singh doesn’t only lead the run scoring list, but also the list for the most number of fifties, with as many as 17 SMAT fifties under his belt, also having the highest batting average – 35.95.
Among the players on this top 10 SMAT run scorers list, Virat Singh, Kedar Devdhar, Manan Vohra, and Mayank Agarwal have a century each while Manish Pandey is the only player on the list of top SMAT batsmen to have two centuries, with a top score of 129*. Prashant Chopra (1,996 runs), Nitish Rana (1,869 runs), and Tanmay Agarwal (1,818 runs) are a few players who narrowly missed this SMAT runs list.
A Batting Maestro! Harpreet Singh Bhatia’s incredible journey in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is one for the record books. Scoring a phenomenal 2298 runs and notching up a staggering 17 fifties, he’s proven to be the true champion of the tournament. pic.twitter.com/nqgf0nVN2d
— Chhattisgarh Cricket (@CricketCSCS) October 24, 2023
Apart from Kedar Devdhar and Sreevats Goswami, all of the players on this list are active batsmen right now.We at Read Scoops love our cricket and we track these kind of domestic tournaments in India, so we’re sure to update the SMAT runs list as and when there are changes. For more updates on the top cricketing events and similar sporting updates from around the world, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…
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