The 4th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Mumbai from 9 October to 12 October 1997. The series involved the domestic and national players from India allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. India Seniors won the Challenger trophy after defeating India A by 31 runs in the final.
Squads
India Seniors India A India B Ajay Jadeja (c) Ashu Dani Gagan Khoda Vinod Kambli Amol Muzumdar Saba Karim (wk) Rajesh Chauhan Nilesh Kulkarni Robin Singh Debashish Mohanty Arvinder Singh Nikhil Chopra Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Hrishikesh Kanitkar VVS Laxman Sridharan Sharath Noel David Rahul Sanghvi Nayan Mongia (wk) Wasim Jaffer Nikhil Haldipur Sairaj Bahutule Ajit Agarkar Dodda Ganesh Anil Kumble (c) Jatinder Singh Jatin Paranjpe Pankaj Dharmani Sunil Joshi Amay Khurasiya Rohan Gavaskar Sanjay Raul Robin Singh Jr KN Ananthapadmanabhan Sukhbir Singh MSK Prasad (wk)
Sachin Tendulkar was excused from playing the Challenger trophy for personal reasons.'Tendulkar excused from playing Challenger trophy'
Points Table
Matches Group stage
Final
References