The 2009–10 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy was the inaugural season of India's Women's T20 Challenger Trophy. Three teams made up of the best players in India competed in a round-robin group, with the top two advancing to the final. India Green beat India Blue in the final by 24 runs to win the tournament. All matches were held at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad across four days in January 2010. The tournament is the Twenty20 equivalent of the Senior Women's Challenger Trophy, and was not played again until the 2018–19 season.

Competition format The three teams played in a round-robin group, playing each other team once, with the top two advancing to the final. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The group worked on a points system with positions with the group being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:

Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.

If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, and then by Net Run Rate.

Squads India Blue India Green India Red Reema Malhotra (c) Kathakali Banerjee Ekta Bisht Varsha Choudhary Anagha Deshpande (wk) Shweta Jadhav Veda Krishnamurthy Latika Kumari Snehal Pradhan Mithali Raj Sapna Randhawa Lalita Sharma Jhulan Goswami (c) Nishu Choudhary Soniya Dabir Harmanpreet Kaur Sulakshana Naik (wk) Payal Panchal Shikha Pandey Punam Raut Asha Rawat Priyanka Roy Pooja Sharma Gouher Sultana Amita Sharma (c) Anjum Chopra Diana David Rumeli Dhar Thirush Kamini Mamatha Kanojia Samantha Lobatto (wk) Neha Maji Babita Mandlik Niranjana Nagarajan Neha Tanwar

Standings TeamIndia Blue (Q)2 1 1 0 0 4 +0.177India Green (Q)2 1 1 0 0 4 –0.079India Red2 1 1 0 0 4 –0.106 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Group stage

Final

Statistics

Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sMithali RajIndia Blue337437.004100Anagha DeshpandeIndia Blue337023.334800Punam RautIndia Green226231.004200Reema MalhotraIndia Green334646.0031*00Sulakshana NaikIndia Green224221.003600 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wSoniya DabirIndia Green8.038.662/130Ekta BishtIndia Blue12.0321.661/170Jhulan GoswamiIndia Green7.0213.502/70Snehal PradhanIndia Blue12.0227.501/140Reema MalhotraIndia Blue10.2229.502/190 Source: ESPNcricinfo

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