1994–95 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 1st NKP Salve Challenger Trophy or Kedia Cup was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Kolkata from 18 March to 21 March 1995. The series was invented to involve the domestic and national players from India to showcase their talent, and were allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B accordingly. The inaugural edition was won by India Seniors after they defeated India A by 73 runs in the final.[2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1994/95 [1]
Date18th - 21st March 1995
LocationIndia Kolkata, West Bengal, India
ResultWon by India Seniors
Teams
India Seniors India A India B
Captains
India Mohammad Azharuddin India Sanjay Manjrekar India Ajay Sharma
Most runs
Sachin Tendulkar (206) Sanjay Manjrekar (156) Sourav Ganguly (104)
Most wickets
Javagal Srinath (6) Sairaj Bahutule (5) Atul Wassan (2)

Squads edit

  India Seniors [3]   India A [4]   India B [5]

Points Table edit

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India Seniors 2 2 0 0 4 0.757
2   India A 2 1 1 0 2 −0.097
3   India B 2 0 2 0 0 −0.650
Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

Group stage edit

18 March 1995
[6]
India A  
214/7 (50 overs)
v
  India Seniors
218/4 (47.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 50 (80)
Manoj Prabhakar 2/28 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 68 (56)
Utpal Chatterjee 2/35 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 6 wickets.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: SK Porel (IND) and Jasbir Singh (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bowl.
  • Points: India Seniors 2, India A 0

19 March 1995
[7]
India B  
219/8 (50 overs)
v
  India Seniors
220/3 (39 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 69 (91)
Javagal Srinath 2/27 (7 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 84 (55)
Atul Wassan 1/49 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 7 wickets.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: SK Porel (IND) and Jasbir Singh (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Seniors 2, India B 0

20 March 1995
[8]
India B  
224/6 (50 overs)
v
  India A
227/6 (49 overs)
Ajay Sharma 64 (79)
Venkatesh Prasad 2/43 (10 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 117* (138)
Sourav Ganguly 2/37 (10 overs)
India A won by 4 wickets.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: S Choudhary (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 2 , India B 0

Final edit

21 March 1995
[9]
India Seniors  
225 (47.3 overs)
v
  India A
152/7 (50 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 54 (46)
Sairaj Bahutule 4/26 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 73 runs.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: S Choudhary (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India Seniors became the winners of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy (Kedia Cup) 1994/95.

References edit

  1. ^ "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1994/95 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "India Seniors are the winners of inaugural Kedia Cup". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 1994/95 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 1994/95 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 1994/95 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 1994/95 - Score Report &#124". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 1994/95 - Score Report &#124". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 1994/95 - Score Report &#124". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "Full Scorecard of Final:India Seniors vs India A 1994/95 - Score Report &#124". ESPNcricinfo.