NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2008-09

The 14th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Cuttack from 23rd October to 26th October 2008. The series involved the domestic teams from India which were India Blue, India Red, and India Green. India Blue defeated India Red by 8 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament. [2]

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2008/09 [1]
Date23rd – 26th October 2008
Location Cuttack, Orissa, India
ResultWon by India Blue
Player of the seriesRobin Uthappa (India Blue)
Teams
India Blue India Red India Green
Captains
Yuvraj Singh Subramaniam Badrinath Mohammad Kaif
Most runs
Robin Uthappa (216) Murali Vijay (164) Naman Ojha (107)
Most wickets
Ravichandran Ashwin (8) Piyush Chawla (5) Yusuf Pathan (4)
Manpreet Gony (4)

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

Points Table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 India Blue 2 2 0 0 8 0.716
2 India Red 2 1 1 0 4 −0.407
3 India Green 2 0 2 0 0 −0.295
Source: 'Points Table'

Matches

Group stage
23 October 2008
[7]
India Blue
235/9 (50 overs)
v
India Red
186 (45.3 overs)
Robin Uthappa 94 (106)
Praveen Kumar 2/34 (10 overs)
Murali Vijay 89 (107)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3/27 (10 overs)
India Blue won by 49 runs.
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (IND) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Blue 4, India Red 0
24th October 2008
[8]
India Green
260/9 (50 overs)
v
India Red
263/5 (48.5 overs)
Naman Ojha 96 (130)
Piyush Chawla 3/50 (10 overs)
Rohit Sharma 117* (120)
Manpreet Gony 2/52 (9 overs)
India Red won by 5 wickets.
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) and Sudhir Asnani (IND)
  • India Green won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 4, India Green 0
25th October 2008
[9]
India Blue
218 (44.2 overs)
v
India Green
199 (44 overs)
Robin Uthappa 76 (88)
Yusuf Pathan 3/21 (6 overs)
Cheteshwar Pujara 65 (99)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3/46 (9 overs)
India Blue won by 19 runs.
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (IND) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
  • India Green won the toss and elected to field.
  • Due to rain, match was reduced to 45 overs.
  • Points: India Blue 4 , India Green 0

Final
26th October 2008
[10]
India Red
151 (43 overs)
v
India Blue
152/2 (25.4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 53 (64)
Piyush Chawla 1/44 (7 overs)
India Blue won by 8 wickets.
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) and Sudhir Asnani (IND)
Player of the match: Siddharth Trivedi (India Blue)
  • India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India Blue became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2008/09.

References
  1. "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2008/09 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. "Blue retain title with crushing win". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "India Blue Squad - India Blue Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2008 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "India Red Squad - India Red Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2008 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "India Green Squad - India Green Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2008 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "Mishra stays back, no change in Test squad". DNA India. 20 October 2008.
  7. "Full Scorecard of India Blue vs India Red 2008/09 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "Full Scorecard of India Green vs India Red 2008/09 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. "Full Scorecard of India Blue vs India Green 2008/09 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. "Full Scorecard of India Red vs India Blue Final 2008/09 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
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