Thursday saw the final round of group fixtures of the SMAT 2025, with 8 teams booking a place in knockouts out of 17 teams that were in contention. At the end of an engaging days play, this much was certain: Punjab wont be defending their title this season despite Abhishek Sharmas heroics, Mohammed Shami will have an opportunity to garner more match time with Bengal and Ajinkya Rahanes scintillating form for Mumbai may yet keep him in conversations around captaincy at Kolkata Knight Riders.
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