2001–02 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 8th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Bangalore from 10 January to 13 January 2002. The series involved the domestic and national players from India who were allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. India A defeated India Seniors by 8 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.[2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02 [1]
Date10th - 13th January 2002
LocationIndia Bangalore, Karnataka, India
ResultWon by India A
Player of the seriesSarandeep Singh (India A)
Teams
India Seniors India A India B
Captains
India Sourav Ganguly India VVS Laxman India Anil Kumble
Most runs
Hemang Badani (170) Sangram Singh (114) Dinesh Mongia (133)
Most wickets
Sourav Ganguly (5) Sarandeep Singh (9) Anil Kumble (3)

Squads edit

  India Seniors [3][4]   India A [5][6]   India B [7][8]

Points Table edit

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India A 2 2 0 0 8 0.748
2   India Seniors 2 1 1 0 4 0.439
3   India B 2 0 2 0 0 −1.254

Matches edit

Group stage edit

10 January 2002
[9]
India Seniors  
229/9 (50 overs)
v
  India A
235/8 (47.5 overs)
Hemang Badani 41 (36)
Sarandeep Singh 3/36 (9 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 55 (77)
Sourav Ganguly 4/40 (10 overs)
India A won by 2 wickets.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: MS Mahal (IND) and Satish Gupta (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0

11 January 2002
[10]
India B  
288/7 (50 overs)
v
  India Seniors
289/5 (39.5 overs)
Dinesh Mongia 131 (140)
Harbhajan Singh 2/53 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 125 (93)
Ashish Nehra 2/66 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 5 wickets.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) and SK Sharma (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Seniors 4, India B 0
  • India Seniors were fined 3 overs for maintaining slow over rate. Hence, their target was 289 runs in 47 overs.

12 January 2002
[11]
India A  
289/7 (50 overs)
v
  India B
230 (38.4 overs)
Connor Williams 73 (91)
Anil Kumble 2/47 (10 overs)
Mohammad Kaif 69 (68)
Sarandeep Singh 5/57 (10 overs)
India A won by 59 runs.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Satish Gupta (IND) and MS Mahal (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4 , India B 0

Final edit

13 January 2002
[12]
India Seniors  
154 (36 overs)
v
  India A
157/2 (32 overs)
Hemang Badani 52 (55)
Murali Kartik 3/28 (5 overs)
Sangram Singh 75 (78)
Harbhajan Singh 2/30 (9 overs)
India A won by 8 wickets.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) and SK Sharma (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02.

References edit

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  2. ^ "VVS Laxman's men are the champions of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2001/02 Squad". Rediff.
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  6. ^ "NKP Salve Trophy, 2001-02". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ^ "India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2001/02 Squad". Rediff.
  8. ^ "NKP Salve Trophy, 2001-02". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2001/02 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  11. ^ "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 2001/02 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  12. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A Final 2001/02 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.