NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003-04

The 9th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Bangalore from 10th September to 13th September 2003. 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 B by 99 runs in the final to become the champions of the tournament. [2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003/04 [1]
Date10th - 13th September 2003
Location Bangalore, Karnataka, India
ResultWon by India A
Player of the seriesYuvraj Singh (India B)
Teams
India Seniors India A India B
Captains
Sourav Ganguly Anil Kumble Rahul Dravid
Most runs
Hemang Badani (134) Sachin Tendulkar (176) Yuvraj Singh (188)
Most wickets
Lakshmipathy Balaji (7) Anil Kumble (6) Dinesh Mongia (7)

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

Points Table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 India B 2 2 0 0 8 1.611
2 India A 2 1 1 0 4 −0.611
3 India Seniors 2 0 2 0 0 −0.900
Source: 'Points Table'

Matches

Group stage
10th September 2003
[6]
India A
276/8(50 overs)
v
India Seniors
249/8 (50 overs)
Rohan Gavaskar 79* (94)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 5/50 (10 overs)
Hemang Badani 73 (80)
Anil Kumble 3/56 (10 overs)
India A won by 27 runs.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: SK Sharma (IND) and Subroto Porel (IND)
Player of the match: Rohan Gavaskar (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0
11th September 2003
[7]
India B
338/5 (50 overs)
v
India Seniors
275/7 (50 overs)
Rahul Dravid 107 (97)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/76 (10 overs)
Sanjay Bangar 63 (66)
Dinesh Mongia 2/33 (6 overs)
India B won by 63 runs.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Narendra Menon (IND) and Satish Gupta (IND)
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (India B)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India B 4, India Seniors 0
12th September 2003
[8]
India B
340/2 (50 overs)
v
India A
225 (35.2 overs)
Dinesh Mongia 121 (117)
Anil Kumble 2/73 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 58 (37)
Dinesh Mongia 4/31 (8 overs)
India B won by 82 runs (D/L method).
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: SK Sharma (IND) and Subroto Porel (IND)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh & Dinesh Mongia (India B)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Due to rain, India A's target was reduced to 308 runs from 40 overs.
  • Points: India B 4 , India A 0

Final
13th September 2003
[9]
India A
314/6 (50 overs)
v
India B
215 (41.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 88 (95)
Amit Bhandari 2/48 (5 overs)
Sairaj Bahutule 55* (44)
Ramesh Powar 3/29 (7.1 overs)
India A won by 99 runs.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) and SK Sharma (IND)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar & S Sriram (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003/04.

References
  1. "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003/04 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". CricHQ.
  2. "Tendulkar and Sriram guide India A to title". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2003/04 Squad". Rediff.
  4. "India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2003/04 Squad". Rediff.
  5. "India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2003/04 Squad". Rediff.
  6. "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 2003/04 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2003/04 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 2003/04 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B Final 2003/04 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
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