The Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was an Indian women's one-day cricket tournament. It was the women's version of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy. Established in the 2008–09 season, it was played with the purpose of showcasing the talent that the country has, as well as providing opportunities for younger players to make an impression. India Blue have won the tournament five times. The current champions are India A, who won the 2021–22 edition.
Teams India A, India B and India Senior were the three teams that battled it out in the inaugural edition of the Challenger Trophy, in 2008–09 season. The following year the teams were renamed to India Blue, India Green and India Red. Between the 2012–13 season and the 2016–17 season, India Green were exclusively an Under-19 team. For the 2021–22 tournament, four teams competed, named India A, India B, India C and India D.
Tournament results SeasonFinalFinal venueRefWinnerResultRunner-up2008–09India B123/4 (32.5 overs)India B won by 6 wicketsScorecardIndia A122 (48.1 overs)Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad2010–11India Blue193/3 (47.4 overs)India Blue won by 7 wicketsScorecardIndia Green7/192/4 (50 overs)Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam2011–12India Red179/8 (50 overs)India Red won by 41 runsScorecardIndia Blue138 (43.1 overs)Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara2012–13India Blue225/5 (50 overs)India Blue won by 60 runsScorecardIndia Red165 (48.2 overs)Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai2013–14India Blue186/2 (46.2 overs)India Blue won by 8 wicketsScorecardIndia Red183/5 (50 overs)Heavy Engineering Corporation International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi2015India Blue180 (49.5 overs)India Blue won by 18 runsScorecardIndia Red162 (48.1 overs)Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore2016–17India Red131/3 (30.4 overs)India Red won by 7 wicketsScorecardIndia Blue129/9 (50 overs)Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara2017–18India Blue207/9 (50 overs)India Blue won by 33 runsScorecardIndia Green174 (45.2 overs)Holkar Stadium, Indore2018–19India Red183 (49.2 overs)India Red won by 15 runsScorecardIndia Blue168 (47.2 overs)Devineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground, Mulapadu2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021–22India A 224/7 (45.4 overs)India A won by 3 wicketsScorecardIndia D 219/8 (50 overs)Devineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground, Mulapadu
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