NKP Salve Challenger Trophy in 2005–06

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{{Infobox cricket series
|series=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2005
|image=
|caption=
|date=10th – 13th October 2005
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohali]], [[India]]
|result= Won by India Seniors
|player of series=
|team1=India Seniors
|team2=India A
|team3=India B
|captain1={{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammad Kaif]]
|captain2={{flagicon|IND}} [[VVS Laxman]]
|captain3={{flagicon|IND}} [[Dinesh Mongia]]
|runs1= [[Venugopal Rao (cricketer)|Venugopal Rao]] (217)
|runs2= [[VVS Laxman]] (158)
|runs3= [[Robin Uthappa]] (135)
|wickets1= [[Murali Kartik]] (7)
|wickets2= [[Ramesh Powar]] (2)
|wickets3= [[Sreesanth]] (7)
|previous= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004-05|2004–05]]
|next= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2006-07|2006–07]]
}}

The 12th [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]] was an [[Limited overs cricket|Indian domestic cricket]] tournament that was held in [[Mohali]] from 10 October to 13 October 2005. The series involved the domestic teams from India which were India Seniors, India A, and India B. India Seniors defeated India B by 3 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-lot-at-stake-221406 'India Seniors squad']</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India A <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-lot-at-stake-221406 'India A squad']</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India B <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/a-lot-at-stake-221406 'India B squad']</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mohammad Kaif]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[Satyajit Parab]]
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[Venugopal Rao (cricketer)|Y Venugopal Rao]]
* [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni|MS Dhoni]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Ajit Agarkar]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[JP Yadav]]
* [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]]
|
* [[VVS Laxman]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Dheeraj Jadhav]]
* [[Suresh Raina]]
* [[Hemang Badani]]
* [[Niraj Patel]]
* [[Dinesh Karthik]]
* [[Ramesh Powar]]
* [[Rudra Pratap Singh|RP Singh]]
* [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]
* [[VRV Singh]]
* [[Shahbaz Nadeem]]
* [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
|
* [[Dinesh Mongia]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Shikhar Dhawan]]
* [[Robin Uthappa]]
* [[Sridharan Sriram]]
* [[Sunny Singh (cricketer)|Sunny Singh]]
* [[Parthiv Patel]]
* [[S Sreesanth|Sreesanth]]
* [[Ranadeb Bose]]
* [[Amit Bhandari]]
* [[Ravikant Shukla]]
* [[Piyush Chawla]]
* [[Sreekumar Nair]]
|}

==Points Table==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2005-06-221073/points-table-standings 'Points Table']
|winpoints=6
|nrpoints=3
|show_tie=no
|showteam={{{team}}}

|team1=India B|team2=India Seniors
|team3=India A

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=

|win_India B=1 |loss_India B=1 |nr_India B=0 |nrr_India B=+0.451
|win_India Seniors=1 |loss_India Seniors=1 |nr_India Seniors=0 |nrr_India Seniors=+0.207
|win_India A=1 |loss_India A=1 |nr_India A=0 |nrr_India A=-0.705

|name_India B={{flagicon|IND}} '''India B'''
|name_India Seniors={{flagicon|IND}} '''India Seniors'''
|name_India A={{flagicon|IND}} '''India A'''

|col_Q=#cfc
|col_O=#fcc
}}

==Matches==
===Group stage===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 10th October 2005
| team1 = India Seniors {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 289/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 291/9 (49.4 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India A
| runs1 = [[Venugopal Rao (cricketer)|Venugopal Rao]] 98 (99)
| wickets1 = [[RP Singh]] 2/34 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 48 (62)
| wickets2 = [[Irfan Pathan]] 3/69 (10 overs)
| result = India A won by 1 wicket.
| report = <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2005-06-221073/india-a-vs-india-seniors-221481/full-scorecard]</ref>
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium|PCA Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Ivaturi Shivram]] (IND) and [[MR Singh]] (IND)
| motm = [[Venugopal Rao (cricketer)|Venugopal Rao]] (India Seniors)
| rain = Points: India A 5, India Seniors 1
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 11th October 2005
| team1 = India B {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 240 (49.4 overs)
| score2 = 242/3 (45.5 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors
| runs1 = [[Parthiv Patel]] 53 (44)
| wickets1 = [[Irfan Pathan]] 3/39 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Venugopal Rao (cricketer)|Venugopal Rao]] 101* (125)
| wickets2 = [[Sreesanth]] 2/63 (10 overs)
| result = India Seniors won by 7 wickets.
| report = <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2005-06-221073/india-b-vs-india-seniors-221592/full-scorecard]</ref>
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium|PCA Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Ivaturi Shivram]] (IND) and [[Tej Handu]] (IND)
| motm = [[Yuvraj Singh]] (India Seniors)
| rain = Points: India Seniors 5, India B 1
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 12th October 2005
| team1 = India A {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 260/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 264/3 (38.5 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India B
| runs1 = [[VVS Laxman]] 143 (143)
| wickets1 = [[Sreesanth]] 2/44 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 116 (93)
| wickets2 = [[VRV Singh]] 1/51 (10 overs)
| result = India B won by 7 wickets.
| report = <ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2005-06-221073/india-a-vs-india-b-221736/full-scorecard]</ref>
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium|PCA Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[MR Singh]] (IND) and [[Tej Handu]] (IND)
| motm = [[Robin Uthappa]] (India B)
| rain = Points: India B 5 , India A 1
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 13th October 2005
| team1 = India B {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 177 (42.5 overs)
| score2 = 181/7 (39 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors
| runs1 = [[Parthiv Patel]] 39 (62)
| wickets1 = [[Murali Kartik]] 5/29 (9.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]] 87 (107)
| wickets2 = [[Sreesanth]] 3/32 (9 overs)
| result = India Seniors won by 7 wickets.
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2005-06-221073/india-b-vs-india-seniors-final-221849/full-scorecard]
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium|PCA Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Ivaturi Shivram]] (IND) and [[MR Singh]] (IND)
| motm = [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]] (India Seniors)
| rain =
}}

{{Indian cricket competitions in 2005-06}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]

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[[Category:2005–06 Indian cricket season]]

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