# 2013–14 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy

The 2013–14 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the fifth 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 JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi across four days in January 2014. The tournament was won by India Blue, who beat India Red in the final by 8 wickets.

## 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) Prabhakaran Anusha Ekta Bisht Annapurna Das Rajeshwari Gayakwad Shweta Jadhav Karu Jain (wk) Mansi Joshi Veda Krishnamurthy Nagarajan Niranjana Punam Raut Shubhlakshmi Sharma Sravanthi Naidu Poonam Yadav | Smriti Mandhana (c) Ritu Dhrub Rameshwari Gayakwad Dayalan Hemalatha Saiqa Ishaque Ravi Kalpana (wk) Rajni Lodhi Mukta Magre Sneha Morey Lakhmi Nethra Sushree Dibyadarshini Swagatika Rath Deepti Sharma Sneha Deepthi Devika Vaidya | Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Preeti Bose Anagha Deshpande (wk) Jhulan Goswami Meghna Singh Madhuri Mehta Shikha Pandey Sneh Rana Priyanka Roy Amita Sharma Gouher Sultana Vellaswamy Vanitha Sushma Verma (wk) |

## Standings

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| India Red (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.650 |
| India Blue (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.540 |
| India Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.190 |
    Source: CricketArchive

## Group stage

* Match 1 7 January 2014 Scorecard
| India Red 158 (49.1 overs) | v | India Blue 149/6 (50 overs) |
| Amita Sharma 52 (75) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/15 (8 overs) | | Karu Jain 52 (99) Preeti Bose 2/21 (10 overs) |
* India Red won by 9 runs JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Sanjay Singh and Vinod Seshan
* India Blue won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India Red 4, India Blue 0.
* Match 2 8 January 2014 Scorecard
| India Red 215/8 (50 overs) | v | India Green 159/9 (50 overs) |
| Harmanpreet Kaur 99 (101) Saiqa Ishaque 2/21 (10 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 91 (149) Sneh Rana 6/33 (12 overs) |
* India Red won by 56 runs JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Sanjay Singh and Vinod Seshan
* India Red won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India Red 4, India Green 0.
* Match 3 9 January 2014 Scorecard
| India Blue 233/6 (50 overs) | v | India Green 170/6 (50 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 86 (116) Ranji Lodhi 2/35 (5 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 96* (124) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 4/20 (11 overs) |
* India Red won by 63 runs JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Sanjay Singh and Vinod Seshan
* India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India Blue 4, India Green 0.

## Final

* 10 January 2014 Scorecard
| India Red 183/5 (50 overs) | v | India Blue 186/2 (46.2 overs) |
| Vellaswamy Vanitha 64* (88) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/38 (10 overs) | | Punam Raut 63* (88) Priyanka Roy 1/21 (4 overs) |
* India Blue won by 8 wickets JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Sanjay Singh and Vinod Seshan
* India Blue won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Smriti Mandhana | India Green | 2 | 2 | 187 | 187.00 | 96* | 0 | 2 |
| Mithali Raj | India Blue | 3 | 3 | 186 | 186.00 | 86 | 0 | 2 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | India Red | 3 | 3 | 126 | 42.00 | 99 | 0 | 1 |
| Vellaswamy Vanitha | India Red | 3 | 3 | 87 | 43.50 | 64* | 0 | 1 |
| Karu Jain | India Blue | 3 | 3 | 81 | 27.00 | 52 | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad | India Blue | 29.0 | 8 | 9.12 | 4/20 | 0 |
| Sneh Rana | India Red | 32.0 | 7 | 16.28 | 6/33 | 1 |
| Saiqa Ishaque | India Green | 22.0 | 4 | 15.25 | 2/21 | 0 |
| Ekta Bisht | India Blue | 30.0 | 4 | 25.75 | 2/39 | 0 |
| Ritu Dhrub | India Green | 22.0 | 3 | 25.00 | 2/45 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive