Alright folks, sat down this morning thinking, “Right, gotta figure out who actually played in that Syed Mushtaq Ali thing back in 2021.” Wanted a proper list, y’know? Not just bits and pieces. Seen the title floatin’ around, “Check Your Teams Full Squad Now,” but finding the actual lists? Man, that was another story. Started simple enough.
The Messy Start
First off, went looking where everyone probably starts. Typed stuff like “Syed Mushtaq Ali 2021 squads” into the usual big search places. Got flooded, absolutely swamped, with links. Tons just talkin’ about the tournament dates, some random highlights, articles hypin’ up specific stars. But the full squads? The players actually on the teams? Nada. Zilch. Kept scrollin’, page after page. Found maybe three teams listed on one old-looking news post. Felt like finding scraps. Totally not cool.
Hunting Down the Truth
Decided to get smarter. Thought, “Maybe the big cricket boards have archives?” Hit up the main sites first. Went for those. Looked under “news,” “archives,” anything labeled “domestic cricket.” Sometimes found a squad announcement, maybe one team. Sometimes found a PDF – sweet! – only for it to be damaged or just blank. Like, seriously? Figured some smaller boards might not even keep that old stuff online easily.
Didn’t stop there. Started digging through old social media posts. Searched specific team names + “squad” + “2021”. Found a few gems this way! Teams or state associations sometimes actually tweeted their full lists back then. Scrolled through endless posts. Saved screenshots like crazy. Still, lots of holes. Some links were dead, tweets disappeared. Super annoying.
The Disaster Moment
Okay, started putting the puzzle together bit by bit. Made myself a big ol’ spreadsheet. Column for the team, column for the players. Looked something like this:
- Found Tamil Nadu squad – typed it all in, arm tired.
- Found Karnataka squad – typed it all in again.
- Found Mumbai… you get it.
Was nearly halfway done, feeling kinda proud. Then? Dumb laptop froze up. Whole spreadsheet vanished. Not saved. Yeah. Felt like screaming. Had to start over. That lovely “Check Your Teams Full Squad Now”? Ha! Took hours just getting back to where I was. Almost gave up.
Finally Putting it Together
Kept grinding. Went back to those screenshots, revisited the few reliable cricket sites I trust for archives, cross-referenced everything. Player by player, team by team. Found one obscure forum post listing like 8 teams – gold mine! Confirmed names elsewhere. Took ages. Seriously felt like detective work on some dusty cold case.
Finally had it. All teams? Nah, maybe not every single one perfectly, but pretty darn close. Got the bulk. Who played. Which state. Seeing it all listed properly, in one place? That felt good. Why is finding basic info like this always harder than pulling teeth?
So yeah, if you ever need to truly “Check Your Teams Full Squad Now” for that 2021 season… I got a spreadsheet. Learned the hard way: sometimes, that simple title hides a real headache.