In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Tripura created a sensation, defeating Delhi for the first time, Karnataka also won. Last Updated: December 2, 2025, 23:31 IST Delhi cricket team’s disappointing performance continues in this domestic season. Delhi had to face defeat against Tripura for the first time in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Tripura defeated Delhi by 12 runs in the match. In the other match, Kurtana scored a big win over Tamil Nadu. Tripura beats Delhi in SMAT Ahmedabad: Delhi’s disappointing performance continues in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Despite the presence of IPL players in the Elite Group D match, Delhi had to face a 12-run defeat against the poor Tripura side for the first time. In the current domestic season, Delhi had to face defeat against Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy for the first time. DDCA president Rohan Jaitley and secretary Ashok Sharma may have to face questions on team selection, selection of support staff and appointment of Sarandeep Singh. Despite winning both its last matches in Ranji Trophy, Delhi will need a miracle to make the knockouts. The team is also in trouble in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after losing two out of four matches. Tripura set a target of 158 runs to Delhi. Chasing Tripura’s target of 158 runs, Delhi’s batsmen were disappointed on the slow pitch and could only score 145 runs for eight wickets before the sharp bowling of Mani Shankar Moorsingh (2 wickets for 19 runs) and Vicky Saha (2 wickets for 29 runs). Earlier, Moorasingh also played an unbeaten innings of 25 runs in 18 balls, through which Tripura scored 157 runs for five wickets. Sridam Paul was the team’s top scorer by scoring 29 runs while opener Bikram Kumar Das played an innings of 28 runs. Padikkal’s century helped Karnataka win. On the other hand, Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 145 runs with the help of Devdutt Padikkal’s unbeaten innings of 102 runs in 46 balls. Padikkal hit 10 fours and six sixes in his innings. Apart from them, BR Sharat (53) and Ravichandran Smaran (46 not out) also played good innings through which Karnataka posted a mammoth score of 245 runs for three wickets. Chasing the target, Tamil Nadu team collapsed for just 100 runs in 14.2 overs. Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal (three wickets for 21 runs) and Praveen Dubey (two wickets for 34 runs) took three wickets each. More about the author Jitendra Kumar has been working as Chief Sub-Editor in Network 18 Group since October 2025. 9 years experience in journalism. Start career with sports beat in ABP News Digital. Trusted publications like India TV and Navbharat Times Group…read more Location: New Delhi, Delhi First Published: 02 Dec 2025, 23:31 IST home cricket Tripura created a sensation in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, defeating Delhi for the first time.