1997–98 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1997/98
Date	9th - 12th October 1997
Location	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Result	Won by India Seniors
Teams India Seniors India A India B Captains Ajay Jadeja Mohammad Azharuddin Anil Kumble Most runs Vinod Kambli (156) Mohammad Azharuddin (124) MSK Prasad (84) Most wickets Rajesh Chauhan (7) Ajit Agarkar (6) KN Ananthapadmanabhan (5)

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.

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India Seniors	2	1	1	0	2	0.227
2	India A	2	1	1	0	2	−0.135
3	India B	2	1	1	0	2	−0.588

Source:

Matches

Group stage

9 October 1997

India A 244/9 (50 overs)	v	India Seniors 249/4 (45.1 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 58 (94) Rajesh Chauhan 3/38 (10 overs)		Vinod Kambli 89 (110) Ajit Agarkar 1/27 (6 overs)

India Seniors won by 6 wickets. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K Parthasarathy (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India Seniors 2, India A 0

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10 October 1997

India B 223/8 (50 overs)	v	India Seniors 204 (47.4 overs)
MSK Prasad 59 (78) Nikhil Chopra 3/39 (10 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 62 (88) KN Ananthapadmanabhan 5/51 (10 overs)

India B won by 19 runs. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and V.K Ramaswamy (IND)

• India B won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India B 2, India Seniors 0

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11 October 1997

India B 172 (50 overs)	v	India A 174/4 (35.5 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 39 (35) Noel David 3/27 (10 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 67* (87) Sukhbir Singh 2/10 (4 overs)

India A won by 6 wickets. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K Parthasarathy (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)

• India B won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India A 2 , India B 0

Final

12 October 1997

India Seniors 225/9 (50 overs)	v	India A 194 (50 overs)
Amol Muzumdar 73 (102) Rahul Sanghvi 3/28 (9 overs)		Wasim Jaffer 49 (91) Rajesh Chauhan 4/23 (6.1 overs)

India Seniors won by 31 runs. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and V.K Ramaswamy (IND)

• India A won the toss and elected to field.
• India Seniors became the winners of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1997/98.