Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy
Indian cricket tournament
| Countries | India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2009–10 |
| Latest edition | 2022–23 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and final |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Current champion | India D (1st title) |
| Most successful | India Green (1 title) India Blue (1 title) India C (1 title) India D (1 title) |
The Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy is a women's T20 tournament held in India. The tournament first took place in the 2009–10 season, as the T20 equivalent to the List A Senior Women's Challenger Trophy. The participating teams were the same as in the List A tournament: India Blue, India Green and India Red, with India Green emerging victorious in the final.[1] The tournament later returned in the 2018–19 season, with India Blue winning their first title, defeating India Red by 4 runs in the final.[2][3][4] In the third edition of the tournament in 2019–20, the teams competing were named India A, India B and India C, with India C winning the final by 8 wickets over India B.[5] The tournament returned in 2022–23, now with four teams competing, and was won by the new team, India D.[6]
Competition format
Matches in the tournament are played using a Twenty20 format. In the first season, the three teams played each other once in a round-robin format, with the top two in the group advancing to the final to play-off for the title. In the next two seasons, the tournament expanded to a double round-robin format, with teams playing each twice in the initial group stage before the top two advanced to the final.[7][8] In 2022–23, the tournament changed back to a round-robin format, but with one extra team, meaning the number of overall matches stayed the same.[9]
Teams are awarded 4 points for a win, with most wins being the first tiebreaker if teams are joint on points.[10][11]
Tournament results
| Season | Final | Final venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||
| 2009–10 | India Green 125/9 (20 overs) | India Green won by 24 runs Scorecard | India Blue 101/7 (20 overs) | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| 2018–19 | India Blue 131/7 (20 overs) | India Blue won by 4 Runs Scorecard | India Red 127/7 (20 overs) | KSCA Cricket Ground (3), Alur, Bangalore |
| 2019–20 | India C 135/2 (15.2 overs) | India C won by 8 wickets Scorecard | India B 131/6 (20 overs) | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
| 2022–23 | India D 148/3 (19 overs) | India D won by 7 wickets Scorecard | India A 144/5 (20 overs) | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Naya Raipur |
References
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2009/10". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Cricbuzz Staff (18 July 2018). "BCCI announces 37-team Ranji Trophy for 2018–19 season". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2018". BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Cricbuzz Staff (21 August 2018). "Radha, Poonam star in India Blue's title win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Shafali Verma's 89* hands India 'C' Challenger Trophy title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Poonam, Deepti, Vastrakar, Rana to lead in T20 Challenger Trophy; Kaur, Mandhana rested". Women's CricZone. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2009/10 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2018/19 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2022: Teams, squads, fixtures and match timings". First Post. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2022/23". BCCI. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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