2013–14 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 19th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was a domestic cricket tournament that was held in Indore from 25 September to 28 September 2013. The series involved the domestic teams from India which were India Blue, India Red, and Delhi. The tournament was won by India Blue who defeated Delhi by 50 runs.[2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2013/14 [1]
Date25th – 28 September 2013
LocationIndia Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
ResultWon by India Blue
Teams
India Blue India Red Delhi
Captains
India Yuvraj Singh India Yusuf Pathan India Virat Kohli
Most runs
Abhishek Nayar (178) Abhinav Mukund (147) Unmukt Chand (138)
Most wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (8)
Vinay Kumar (8)
Abhimanyu Mithun (4) Rajat Bhatia (7)

This tournament marked the last edition of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, after BCCI scrapped the tournament while restructuring their calendar for domestic tournaments for the later upcoming seasons.[3]

Squads

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  India Blue [4]   India Red [5]   Delhi [6]

Matches

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India Blue 2 2 0 0 8 0.290
2   Delhi 2 1 1 0 4 0.940
3   India Red 2 0 2 0 0 −1.230
25 September 2013
[1]
India Blue  
270/6 (50 overs)
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  Delhi
252 (47.5 overs)
Abhishek Nayar 91 (73)
Rajat Bhatia 3/46 (10 overs)
Rajat Bhatia 65 (89)
Ankit Rajpoot 3/44 (10 overs)
India Blue won by 18 runs
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath (IND) and Suresh Shastri (IND)
  • Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Blue 4, Delhi 0

26 September 2013
[2]
India Blue  
345/4 (50 overs)
v
  India Red
334 (49.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 84 (53)
Abhimanyu Mithun 1/68 (11 overs)
Abhinav Mukund 83 (86)
Vinay Kumar 4/76 (10.5 overs)
India Blue won by 11 runs.
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath (IND) and Sanjay Hazare (IND)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Blue 4, India Red 0

27 September 2013
[3]
Delhi  
342/6 (50 overs)
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  India Red
230 (40.1 overs)
Unmukt Chand 119 (131)
Abhimanyu Mithun 3/81 (10 overs)
Gurkeerat Singh Mann 83 (51)
Varun Sood 5/84 (12 overs)
Delhi won by 112 runs.
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (IND) and Sanjay Hazare (IND)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Delhi 4, India Red 0

Final

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28 September 2013
[4]
India Blue  
274/9 (50 overs)
v
  Delhi
224 (44.4 overs)
Manish Pandey 62 (78)
Parvinder Awana 4/39 (8 overs)
Punit Bisht 54* (49)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/39 (10 overs)
India Blue won by 50 runs
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (IND) and Suresh Shastri (IND)
Player of the match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India Blue)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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