Three Gujarat Titans players make it to the list.
The Gujarat Titans (GT) bowler, Arshad Khan, has claimed a stunning six-wicket haul on Day 6 of the ongoing SMAT 2025. Apart from the Madhya Pradesh player, several other Indian Premier League (IPL) stars have continued to put up a fiery show in the domestic T20 of India.
Let’s look at some of the noteworthy performances of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here.
The seamer’s electrifying six-fer restricted Chandigarh to only 134/8. In response, Madhya Pradesh easily chased the sub-par total with six overs remaining. Arshad’s fiery show secured the team’s fourth victory in the tournament.
Notably, the 27-year-old has been retained by GT for the IPL 2026. He had scalped nine wickets and contributed 23 runs in nine matches of the last edition.
Another GT player has caught several eyeballs with his brilliant four-wicket haul facing Bengal. Jayant’s spin tricks rattled the opposition’s batting order as they folded for only 96 runs, chasing a total of 178. The Puducherry bowler conceded only 28 runs in his four-over quota.
However, though the Titans have retained the 35-year-old for the IPL 2026, his last and solitary appearance for the franchise had come in 2023.
After being snubbed from the Indian team, Shami has put up some fiery spells in the domestic arena so far. He has had a great Ranji Trophy 2025 outing, bagging 20 scalps in four matches. The pacer also continued this purple patch of form in the SMAT to snare 12 wickets in six appearances.
Following a four-fer against the Services in the last fixture, the Bengal player once again picked up three crucial wickets facing Puducherry. Notably, after an underwhelming season for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), he is set to don the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) jersey in the upcoming edition of the league.
The GT wicketkeeper-batter has made a strong case to make it to the playing XI after scoring a match-winning, unbeaten 84-run knock off 48 balls. The 21-year-old’s heroics included five fours and as many over-boundaries, at a strike rate of 175.
Though the IPL 2022 champions had bought his services for INR 65 lakh in the IPL 2025 mega auction, Kushagra could not manage his debut appearance in the cash-rich league last season.
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