The 2012–13 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the fourth edition of India's 50 over Women's 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. All matches were held at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai across four days in December 2012. The tournament was won by India Blue, who beat India Red in the final by 60 runs. The other team in the tournament, India Green, were newly made an Under-19s team for this tournament.
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 50 over 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 their Net Run Rate.
Squads India Blue India Green India Red Mithali Raj (c) Moksha Chaudhary Nishu Chaudhary Shweta Jadhav Harmanpreet Kaur Reema Malhotra Sulakshana Naik (wk) Nagarajan Niranjana Nishtha Pharasi Punam Raut Shubhlakshmi Sharma Gouher Sultana Sushma Verma (wk) Poonam Yadav Nidhi Torvi (c) Gayatri Agarwal Hemali Borwankar Rita Debbarma Saiqa Ishaque Challa Lakshmi Ravi Kalpana (wk) Sarika Koli Anita Lodhi Smriti Mandhana Sabbhineni Meghana Sneha Morey Sneh Rana Swagatika Rath Deepti Sharma Venkatasubramani Swetha Amita Sharma (c) Ekta Bisht Anagha Deshpande Ritu Dhrub Karu Jain (wk) Thirush Kamini Veda Krishnamurthy Latika Kumari Mona Meshram Rasanara Parwin Anuja Patil Kavita Patil Nukala Sunitha (wk)
Standings TeamIndia Red (Q)2 2 0 0 0 2 10 +1.923India Blue (Q)2 1 1 0 0 1 5 –1.115India Green2 0 2 0 0 0 0 –1.033 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Group stage
Final
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sThirush KaminiIndia Red3315276.0095*01Mithali RajIndia Blue3312763.5011910Punam RautIndia Blue3312240.667401Smriti MandhanaIndia Green2211658.006901Anagha DeshpandeIndia Red228383.0053*01 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wReema MalhotraIndia Blue25.0614.663/370Ekta BishtIndia Red26.0617.333/270Shubhlakshmi SharmaIndia Blue30.0423.752/320Rasanara ParwinIndia Red23.0425.252/520Nagarajan NiranjanaIndia Blue26.0425.502/320 Source: CricketArchive
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo