The 11th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament, played under List A rules, 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.

Also, this tournament marked the last time with team names India Seniors, India A and India B, being used.

Squads

India India Seniors [2] India India A [2] India India B [2]

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 India India B 2 1 1 0 6 1.200
2 India India Seniors 2 1 1 0 6 0.400
3 India India A 2 1 1 0 6 −1.600

Matches

Group stage

10 October 2005
[3]
India Seniors India
289/8 (50 overs)
v
India India A
291/9 (49.4 overs)
Y Venugopal Rao 98 (99)
RP Singh 2/34 (10 overs)
VVS Laxman 48 (62)
Irfan Pathan 3/69 (10 overs)
India A won by 1 wicket.
PCA Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (IND) and MR Singh (IND)
Player of the match: Y Venugopal Rao (India Seniors)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 5, India Seniors 1

11 October 2005
[4]
India B India
240 (49.4 overs)
v
India India Seniors
242/3 (45.5 overs)
Parthiv Patel 53 (44)
Irfan Pathan 3/39 (9 overs)
Y Venugopal Rao 101* (125)
Sreesanth 2/63 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 8 wickets.
PCA Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (IND) and Tej Handu (IND)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (India Seniors)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Seniors 5, India B 1

12 October 2005
[5]
India A India
260/8 (50 overs)
v
India India B
264/3 (38.5 overs)
VVS Laxman 143 (143)
Sreesanth 2/44 (10 overs)
Robin Uthappa 116 (93)
VRV Singh 1/51 (10 overs)
India B won by 7 wickets.
PCA Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: MR Singh (IND) and Tej Handu (IND)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (India B)
  • India B won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India B 5, India A 1

Final

13 October 2005
[1]
India B India
177 (42.5 overs)
v
India India Seniors
181/7 (39 overs)
Parthiv Patel 39 (62)
Murali Kartik 5/29 (9.5 overs)
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 87 (107)
Sreesanth 3/32 (9 overs)
India Seniors won by 7 wickets.
PCA Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (IND) and MR Singh (IND)
Player of the match: Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (India Seniors)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to field.

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