2000–01 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 7th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Chennai from 12 February to 15 February 2001. The series involved the domestic and national players from India who were allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. India Seniors defeated India A by 4 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.[2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2000/01 [1]
Date12th - 15th February 2001
LocationIndia Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ResultWon by India Seniors
Player of the seriesHemang Badani (India Seniors)
Teams
India Seniors India A India B
Captains
India Sourav Ganguly India Rahul Dravid India Robin Singh
Most runs
Hemang Badani (238) Rahul Dravid (194) Dinesh Mongia (185)
Most wickets
Ashish Nehra (5) Ajit Agarkar (8) Surinder Singh (3)

Squads edit

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

Points Table edit

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India A 2 2 0 0 4 0.232
2   India Seniors 2 1 1 0 2 0.136
3   India B 2 0 2 0 0 −0.401

Matches edit

Group stage edit

12 February 2001
[7]
India Seniors  
240/9(50 overs)
v
  India A
243/6 (47.5 overs)
VVS Laxman 78 (72)
Ajit Agarkar 3/47 (10 overs)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 55 (75)
Rajesh Pawar 2/55 (10 overs)
India A won by 4 wickets.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) and Satish Gupta (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 2, India Seniors 0

13 February 2001
[8]
India Seniors  
392/6 (50 overs)
v
  India B
362 (46.4 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 142 (106)
Surinder Singh 2/56 (7 overs)
Dinesh Mongia 102 (87)
Ashish Nehra 2/75 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 30 runs.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: S Lakshmanan (IND) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Seniors 2, India B 0

14 February 2001
[9]
India B  
284 (49.3 overs)
v
  India A
285/4 (48.4 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 90 (84)
Venkatesh Prasad 4/48 (9.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 92 (88)
Rakesh Patel 2/63 (10 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Satish Gupta (IND) and Krishna Hariharan (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 2 , India B 0

Final edit

15 February 2001
[10]
India A  
311/6 (50 overs)
v
  India Seniors
312/6 (48.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 88 (105)
Javagal Srinath 2/50 (10 overs)
Hemang Badani 104* (87)
Ajit Agarkar 2/54 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 4 wickets.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: S Lakshmanan (IND) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India Seniors became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2000/01.

References edit

  1. ^ "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2000/01 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Badani, Sehwag script remarkable India Seniors triumph". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2000/01 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2000/01 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2000/01 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ 'Robin Singh to lead India B'
  7. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 2000/01 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2000/01 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B Final 2000/01 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A Final 2000/01 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.