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{{short description|Indian cricket tournament}}
{{For|the Senior Women's One Day Challenger Trophy|Senior Women's Challenger Trophy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy
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| country = India
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[Women's Twenty20|Twenty20]]
| first = [[2009–10 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2009–10]]
| last = [[2022–23 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2022–23]]
| next = [[2024–25 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2024–25]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and final
| participants = 4
| champions = India D (1st title)
| most successful = [[India Green women's cricket team|India Green]] (1 title) [[India Blue women's cricket team|India Blue]] (1 title) India C (1 title) India D (1 title)
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The '''Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy''' was a [[Women's cricket|women's]] [[Women's Twenty20|T20]] tournament held in [[India]]. The tournament first took place in the 2009–10 season, as the T20 equivalent to the [[List A cricket|List A]] [[Senior Women's Challenger Trophy]]. The participating teams were the same as in the List A tournament: [[India Blue women's cricket team|India Blue]], [[India Green women's cricket team|India Green]] and [[India Red women's cricket team|India Red]], with India Green emerging victorious in the final.<ref name="Cricinfoten">{{cite web |title=Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2009/10 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-twenty20-challenger-trophy-2009-10-440795 |work=ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=5 August 2021}}</ref> The tournament later returned in the 2018–19 season, with India Blue winning their first title, defeating India Red by 4 runs in the final.<ref name="Cricbuzz dom">{{cite news |author=Cricbuzz Staff |title=BCCI announces 37-team Ranji Trophy for 2018–19 season |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/103193/bcci-announces-37-team-ranji-trophy-for-2018-19-season |work=Cricbuzz |date=18 July 2018 |accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="1st Tournament">{{cite web |title=Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2018 |url=http://www.bcci.tv/womens-senior-t20-challenger-trophy-2018-19/fixtures |work=BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India) |accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Cricbuzz Staff |title=Radha, Poonam star in India Blue's title win |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/103709/radha-yadav-poonam-yadav-star-in-india-blue-cricket-teams-title-win |work=Cricbuzz |date=21 August 2018 |accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref> In the third edition of the tournament in 2019–20, the teams competing were named India A, India B and India C, with India C winning the final by 8 wickets over India B.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/111713/shafali-vermas-89-hands-india-c-challenger-trophy-title |title=Shafali Verma's 89* hands India 'C' Challenger Trophy title |work=Cricbuzz |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref> The tournament returned in [[2022–23 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2022–23]], now with four teams competing, and was won by the new team, India D.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/india-squads-in-challenger-will-be-led-by-poonam-deepti-vastrkar-rana |title=Poonam, Deepti, Vastrakar, Rana to lead in T20 Challenger Trophy; Kaur, Mandhana rested |work=Women's CricZone |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>

==Competition format==
Matches in the tournament are played using a [[Women's Twenty20|Twenty20]] format. In the first season, the three teams played each other once in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format, with the top two in the group advancing to the final to play-off for the title. In the next two seasons, the tournament expanded to a double round-robin format, with teams playing each twice in the initial group stage before the top two advanced to the final.<ref name="CAone">{{cite web |title=Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2009/10 Table |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/12/Womens_Twenty20_Challenger_Trophy_2009-10.html |work=CricketArchive | accessdate=5 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="CAtwo">{{cite web |title=Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2018/19 Table |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/32/Womens_Twenty20_Challenger_Trophy_2018-19.html |work=CricketArchive | accessdate=5 August 2021}}</ref> In [[2022–23 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2022–23]], the tournament changed back to a round-robin format, but with one extra team, meaning the number of overall matches stayed the same.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/sports-news/senior-womens-t20-challenger-trophy-2022-teams-squads-fixtures-and-match-timings-11646391.html |title=Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2022: Teams, squads, fixtures and match timings |work=First Post |date=17 November 2022 |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>

Teams are awarded 4 points for a win, with most wins being the first tiebreaker if teams are joint on points.<ref name="BCCI">{{cite web |title=Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2022/23 |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/246/senior-womens-t20-challenger-trophy |work=BCCI |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="CAthree">{{cite web |title=Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 Table |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/33/Womens_Twenty20_Challenger_Trophy_2019-20.html |work=CricketArchive | access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>

==Tournament results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan=3|Final
! rowspan="2"|Final venue
|-
!Winner
!Result
!Runner-up
|-
|[[2009–10 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2009–10]] 
|[[India Green women's cricket team|India Green]] 125/9 (20 overs)
|'''India Green won by 24 runs'''
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/440806.html Scorecard]
|[[India Blue women's cricket team|India Blue]] 101/7 (20 overs)
|[[Narendra Modi Stadium|Sardar Patel Stadium]], [[Ahmedabad]]
|- style="background:#eee;"
|[[2018–19 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2018–19]] 
|[[India Blue women's cricket team|India Blue]] 131/7 (20 overs)
|'''India Blue won by 4 Runs'''
[http://www.bcci.tv/womens-senior-t20-challenger-trophy-2018-19/match/07 Scorecard]
|[[India Red women's cricket team|India Red]] 127/7 (20 overs)
|KSCA Cricket Ground (3), Alur, [[Bangalore]]
|-
|[[2019–20 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2019–20]] 
|India C 135/2 (15.2 overs)
|'''India C won by 8 wickets'''
[https://www.bcci.tv/events/19732/womens-senior-t20-challenger-trophy-2019-20/match/19787/7th-t20 Scorecard]
|India B 131/6 (20 overs)
|[[Barabati Stadium]], [[Cuttack]]
|-
|[[2022–23 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2022–23]] 
|India D 148/3 (19 overs)
|'''India D won by 7 wickets'''
[https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/senior-womens-t20-challenger-trophy-2022-23/match/7 Scorecard]
|India A 144/5 (20 overs)
|[[Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium]], [[Naya Raipur]]
|-
||[[2024–25 Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy|2024–25]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cricket in India}}
{{Senior Women's Challenger Trophy}}
{{Twenty20 cricket domestic competitions}}

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