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Senior Women's Challenger Trophy

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Senior Women's Challenger Trophy
CountriesIndia
AdministratorBCCI
Format50 over
First edition2008–09
Latest edition2021–22
Tournament formatRound-robin and Finals
Number of teams4
Current championIndia A (1st title)
Most successfulIndia Blue (5 titles)
TVStar Sports
Websitewww.bcci.tv

The Senior Women's Challenger Trophy is an Indian women's one-day cricket tournament. It is the women's version of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy. Established in the 2008–09 season, it is played with the purpose of showcasing the talent that the country has, as well as providing opportunities for younger players to make an impression. India Blue have won the tournament five times. The current champions are India A, who won the 2021–22 edition.

Teams

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India A, India B and India Senior were the three teams that battled it out in the inaugural edition of the Challenger Trophy, in 2008–09 season. The following year the teams were renamed to India Blue, India Green and India Red.[1] Between the 2012–13 season and the 2016–17 season, India Green were exclusively an Under-19 team.[2] For the 2021–22 tournament, four teams competed, named India A, India B, India C and India D.[3]

Tournament results

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Season Final Final venue Ref
Winner Result Runner-up
2008–09 India B
123/4 (32.5 overs)
India B won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
India A
122 (48.1 overs)
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad [4]
2010–11 India Blue
193/3 (47.4 overs)
India Blue won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
India Green
7/192/4 (50 overs)
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam [5]
2011–12 India Red
179/8 (50 overs)
India Red won by 41 runs
Scorecard
India Blue
138 (43.1 overs)
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara [6]
2012–13 India Blue
225/5 (50 overs)
India Blue won by 60 runs
Scorecard
India Red
165 (48.2 overs)
Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai [7]
2013–14 India Blue
186/2 (46.2 overs)
India Blue won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
India Red
183/5 (50 overs)
Heavy Engineering Corporation International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi [8]
2015 India Blue
180 (49.5 overs)
India Blue won by 18 runs
Scorecard
India Red
162 (48.1 overs)
Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore [9]
2016–17 India Red
131/3 (30.4 overs)
India Red won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
India Blue
129/9 (50 overs)
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara [10]
2017–18 India Blue
207/9 (50 overs)
India Blue won by 33 runs
Scorecard
India Green
174 (45.2 overs)
Holkar Stadium, Indore [11]
2018–19 India Red
183 (49.2 overs)
India Red won by 15 runs
Scorecard
India Blue
168 (47.2 overs)
Devineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground, Mulapadu [12]
2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13]
2021–22 India A
224/7 (45.4 overs)
India A won by 3 wickets
Scorecard
India D
219/8 (50 overs)
Devineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground, Mulapadu [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Challenger Trophy preview". CricBuzz. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ Pradhan, Snehal (26 October 2016). "BCCI needs to fix format to get most out of women's cricket in India". Firstpost. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Senior Women's Cricket Challenger Trophy One Day Match 2021/22". BCCI. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2010/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2011/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2018/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. ^ S, Narayanan (15 April 2020). "COVID-19: Women's domestic cricket takes a big hit as fate of 168 matches remains uncertain". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2022.