2004–05 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 10th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Mumbai from 7 February to 10 February 2005. 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 6 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.[2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05 [1]
Date7th – 10th February 2005
LocationIndia Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ResultWon by India A
Teams
India Seniors India A India B
Captains
India Sourav Ganguly India Rahul Dravid India Virender Sehwag
Most runs
Shikhar Dhawan (161) Rahul Dravid (232) VVS Laxman (94)
Most wickets
Lakshmipathy Balaji (6) Dinesh Mongia (9) Ashish Nehra (4)
Amit Bhandari (4)

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 8 0.240
2   India Seniors 2 1 1 0 4 0.146
3   India B 2 0 2 0 0 −0.396
Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

Group stage edit

7 February 2005
[6]
India Seniors  
280/9(50 overs)
v
  India A
286/4 (49.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 100 (91)
Dinesh Mongia 4/48 (10 overs)
Dheeraj Jadhav 79 (109)
Rajesh Pawar 2/55 (10 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) and Ivaturi Shivram (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0

8 February 2005
[7]
India B  
275 (50 overs)
v
  India Seniors
278/2 (46.4 overs)
VVS Laxman 67 (69)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/66 (10 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 126 (124)
Amit Bhandari 2/45 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 8 wickets.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Tej Handu (IND) and Arani Jayaprakash (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Seniors 4, India B 0

9 February 2005
[8]
India A  
294/9 (50 overs)
v
  India B
204 (36.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 115 (96)
Ashish Nehra 3/43 (10 overs)
Robin Uthappa 66 (48)
Murali Kartik 3/26 (5.5 overs)
Dinesh Mongia 3/47 (10 overs)
India A won by 90 runs.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (IND) and Tej Handu (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4 , India B 0

Final edit

10 February 2005
[9]
India Seniors  
211 (47.2 overs)
v
  India A
212/4 (48.4 overs)
Niraj Patel 65 (66)
RP Singh 3/42 (9 overs)
Rahul Dravid 72* (102)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/49 (9 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Krishna Hariharan (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05.

References edit

  1. ^ "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "India A wins the Challenger Trophy". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2004/05 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2004/05 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2004/05 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 2004/05 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2004/05 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 2004/05 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A Final 2004/05 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.