2007–08 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

The 13th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Ahmedabad from 25 October to 28 October 2007. The series involved the domestic teams from India which were India Blue, India Red, and India Green. India Blue defeated India Red by 6 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.[2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2007/08 [1]
Date25th – 28th October 2007
LocationIndia Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
ResultWon by India Blue
Player of the seriesSuresh Raina (India Blue)
Teams
India Blue India Red India Green
Captains
India Virender Sehwag India Subramaniam Badrinath India Parthiv Patel
Most runs
Suresh Raina (206) Subramaniam Badrinath (178) Manoj Tiwary (81)
Most wickets
Amit Mishra (8) Praveen Kumar (9) Iqbal Abdulla (4)

Squads

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  India Blue [3]   India Red [4]   India Green [5]

Points Table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India Blue 2 2 0 0 8 0.397
2   India Red 2 1 1 0 4 0.617
3   India Green 2 0 2 0 0 −1.001

Matches

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Group stage

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25 October 2007
[7]
India Blue  
246 (50 overs)
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  India Red
234/8 (50 overs)
Suresh Raina 92 (100)
Praveen Kumar 4/42 (10 overs)
Mahesh Rawat 47 (64)
Joginder Sharma 3/30 (10 overs)
India Blue won by 12 runs.
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and AY Gokhale (IND)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (India Blue)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Blue 4, India Red 0

26 October 2007
[8]
India Red  
303/7 (50 overs)
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  India Green
215 (47 overs)
Subramaniam Badrinath 82* (79)
Pankaj Singh 2/37 (8 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 65 (71)
Praveen Kumar 5/45 (9 overs)
India Red won by 88 runs.
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (IND) and Shashank Ranade (IND)
Player of the match: Subramaniam Badrinath (India Red)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 4, India Green 0

25 October 2008
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India Blue  
330/8 (50 overs)
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  India Green
239 (38.2 overs)
Virender Sehwag 75 (57)
Piyush Chawla 2/60 (10 overs)
Parthiv Patel 53 (50)
Ramesh Powar 3/45 (10 overs)
India Blue won by 91 runs.
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Sameer Bandekar (IND)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (India Blue)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Blue 4 , India Green 0

Final

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26 October 2008
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India Red  
269 (49.3 overs)
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  India Blue
270/4 (41 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 82 (77)
Amit Mishra 3/45 (10 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 116* (91)
Shrikant Mundhe 1/34 (5 overs)
India Blue won by 6 wickets.
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Sameer Bandekar (IND)
Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (India Blue)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India Blue became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2007/08.

References

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  1. ^ "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2007/08 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Karthik's hundred seals it for India Blue in the finals". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "India Blue Squad - India Blue Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2007 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "India Red Squad - India Red Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2007 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "India Green Squad - India Green Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2007 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "Chawla replaces Kartik for Challenger Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. 22 October 2007.
  7. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Blue vs India Red 2007/08 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Green vs India Red 2007/08 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Blue vs India Green 2007/08 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of India Red vs India Blue Final 2007/08 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.