2006–07 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 12th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Chennai from 1 October to 4 October 2006. The series involved the domestic players from India who were placed accordingly in the teams namely India Blue, India Red, and India Green. From this edition, the names of teams were changed from the previous edition where India Seniors, India A, and India B became India Blue, India Red, and India Green respectively.

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2006/07 [1]
Date1st – 4th October 2006
LocationIndia Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ResultIndia Blue and India Red as joint winners.
Player of the seriesVRV Singh (India Red)
Teams
India Blue India Red India Green
Captains
India Rahul Dravid India Venugopal Rao India Mohammad Kaif
Most runs
Sachin Tendulkar (200) Gautam Gambhir (184) Parthiv Patel (112)
Most wickets
Munaf Patel (5)
Irfan Pathan (5)
VRV Singh (7) Lakshmipathy Balaji (4)

The trophy was jointly shared by India Blue and India Red after the final was abandoned due to rain.[2]

Squads

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  India Blue [3]   India Red [4]   India Green [5]

Coach: Ian Frazer

Coach: Robin Singh

Coach: Lalchand Rajput

  • Mithun Manhas replaced VVS Laxman in the India Green squad, after he was ruled out due to a strained hamstring ahead of the tournament.[6]

Points Table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India Red 2 2 0 0 8 0.382
2   India Blue 2 1 1 0 4 1.247
3   India Green 2 0 2 0 0 −1.754

Matches

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Group stage

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1 October 2006
[7]
India Red  
280 (50 overs)
v
  India Blue
259 (47.3 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 110 (119)
Munaf Patel 3/49 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 61 (70)
VRV Singh 3/49 (10 overs)
India Red won by 21 runs.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (IND) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 4, India Blue 0

2 October 2006
[8]
India Blue  
381/6 (50 overs)
v
  India Green
115 (26.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 139 (100)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/62 (10 overs)
Parthiv Patel 43 (38)
Harbhajan Singh 4/10 (4.4 overs)
India Blue won by 266 runs.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Jasbir Singh (IND) and Ravi Subramanian (IND)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Blue 4, India Green 0

3 October 2006
[9]
India Red  
317/4 (50 overs)
v
  India Green
278 (48.4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 92 (99)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/68 (10 overs)
Parthiv Patel 69 (80)
VRV Singh 4/54 (7.4 overs)
India Red won by 39 runs.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Jasbir Singh (IND) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 4 , India Green 0

Final

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4 October 2006
[10]
India Blue  
210/4 (31.2 overs)
v
  India Red
Virender Sehwag 90* (81)
Zaheer Khan 2/32 (6 overs)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain stopped play during India Blue's innings and no further play was possible.
  • The trophy was jointly shared by India Blue and India Red.

References

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  1. ^ "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2006/07 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Rain plays spoilsport at Chennai". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "India Blue Squad - India Blue Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2006 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "India Red Squad - India Red Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2006 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "India Green Squad - India Green Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2006 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "Mithun Manhas to replace Laxman". ESPNcricinfo. 1 October 2006.
  7. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Blue vs India Red 2006/07 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Green vs India Blue 2006/07 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Red vs India Green 2006/07 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Red vs India Blue Final 2006/07 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.