The 29th fixture of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 will be between Bihar and Madhya Pradesh on Friday, 28th November 2025, at 11:00 AM (IST). The match will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Here’s a look at the pitch report, key stats, player props, and match winner prediction for Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh SMAT match.
Bihar ended their last Syed Mushtaq Trophy at the 6th position of Group A and have started this season with a loss against Chandigarh. Whereas, MP ended their last tournament as Finalists but unfortunately were not able to win against Mumbai in the Final and in the first game of the season this time.
With strong top order firepower, dynamic all round options, and wicket taking bowlers on both sides, the squads are well matched in terms of impact potential. Bihar and MP Can give a tough fight to each other on Friday.
Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh Props
Stats
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 239 in 4 games in the Rising stars Asia cup 2025.
- Sakibul Gani scored 353 runs in 7 innings in the last season
- Harpreet Singh scored 297 runs in 9 innings in the last season
Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata - Pitch Report
The Eden Gardens track is considered as one of the better batting surfaces although spinners tend to come into action as the match wears on. Spinners have enjoyed bowling here in IPL games as well.
This Venue is known for its black cotton soil based pitch, which starts out as a balanced track. Fast bowlers and batters both find value early, but the surface’s gradual slowdown later in the match plays right into the hands of the spinners. T20I Statistics suggest that the team batting 2nd wins the game in most of the cases and the average score is around 160.
The average first innings score in the stadium in this tournament is 160 and the pitch helps the team batting 2nd . Overall, team chasing is an advantage in this ground. Domestic record also suggests that the team batting 2nd has won majority times with 58 wins out of 101.
Bihar vs MP Head to head
Both teams have played each other twice in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in the last 5 years and MP has dominated them in both the matches.
- Matches Played: 2
- Bihar Won: 0
- Madhya Pradesh Won: 2
Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh Squads
MP Squad: Ankush Singh, Arshad Khan, Rahul Batham, Rishabh Chouhan, Harsh Gawli, Harpreet Singh(C), Venkatesh Iyer, Kumar Kartikeya, Abhishek Pathak, Ritik Tada, Kuldeep Sen, Shivam Shukla, Shivang Kumar, Tripuresh Singh, Aniket Verma
Bihar Squad: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ayush Loharuka(w), Mangal Mahrour, Piyush Singh, Sakibul Gani(c), Amod Yadav, Suraj Kashyap, Akash Raj, Malay Raj, Bipin Saurabh, Nawaz Khan, Khalid Alam
Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh Match Winner Prediction
Madhya Pradesh enter this contest as the favourites to win despite their loss against Hyderabad in the last match. While Bihar also lost their first match against Chandigarh by 6 wickets it was a rather one sided contest. Both teams eyeing to get their first won of the season, Madhya Pradesh are expected to get the better of Bihar in this contest.
Our Winner Prediction: Madhya Pradesh to Win!
