# 2012–13 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy

The 2012–13 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the fourth 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 Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai across four days in December 2012. The tournament was won by India Blue, who beat India Red in the final by 60 runs. The other team in the tournament, India Green, were newly made an Under-19s team for this tournament.

## 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) Moksha Chaudhary Nishu Chaudhary Shweta Jadhav Harmanpreet Kaur Reema Malhotra Sulakshana Naik (wk) Nagarajan Niranjana Nishtha Pharasi Punam Raut Shubhlakshmi Sharma Gouher Sultana Sushma Verma (wk) Poonam Yadav | Nidhi Torvi (c) Gayatri Agarwal Hemali Borwankar Rita Debbarma Saiqa Ishaque Challa Lakshmi Ravi Kalpana (wk) Sarika Koli Anita Lodhi Smriti Mandhana Sabbhineni Meghana Sneha Morey Sneh Rana Swagatika Rath Deepti Sharma Venkatasubramani Swetha | Amita Sharma (c) Ekta Bisht Anagha Deshpande Ritu Dhrub Karu Jain (wk) Thirush Kamini Veda Krishnamurthy Latika Kumari Mona Meshram Rasanara Parwin Anuja Patil Kavita Patil Nukala Sunitha (wk) |

## Standings

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| India Red (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | +1.923 |
| India Blue (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –1.115 |
| India Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.033 |
    Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Group stage

* Match 1 15 December 2012 Scorecard
| India Red 180/8 (50 overs) | v | India Blue 45 (29 overs) |
| Thirush Kamini 43 (73) Reema Malhotra 3/37 (10 overs) | | Nagarajan Niranjana 11 (19) Kavita Patil 3/7 (7 overs) |
* India Red won by 135 runs Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
* India Blue won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India Red 5, India Blue 0.
* Match 2 16 December 2012 Scorecard
| India Green 160/9 (50 overs) | v | India Red 161/0 (35.5 overs) |
| Sarika Koli 50 (137) Ekta Bisht 3/27 (9 overs) | | Thirush Kamini 95* (122) |
* India Red won by 10 wickets Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
* India Green won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India Red 5, India Green 0.
* Match 3 17 December 2012 Scorecard
| India Green 153 (49.3 overs) | v | India Blue 154/2 (39.5 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 69 (105) Gouher Sultana 2/20 (11.3 overs) | | Punam Raut 74 (95) Gayatri Agarwal 1/7 (2.5 overs) |
* India Blue won by 8 wickets Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
* India Blue won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India Blue 5, India Green 0.

## Final

* 18 December 2012 Scorecard
| India Blue 225/5 (50 overs) | v | India Red 165 (48.2 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 119 (137) Ekta Bisht 2/65 (12 overs) | | Latika Kumari 65 (89) Mithali Raj 2/6 (2.2 overs) |
* India Blue won by 60 runs Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
* India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Thirush Kamini | India Red | 3 | 3 | 152 | 76.00 | 95* | 0 | 1 |
| Mithali Raj | India Blue | 3 | 3 | 127 | 63.50 | 119 | 1 | 0 |
| Punam Raut | India Blue | 3 | 3 | 122 | 40.66 | 74 | 0 | 1 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India Green | 2 | 2 | 116 | 58.00 | 69 | 0 | 1 |
| Anagha Deshpande | India Red | 2 | 2 | 83 | 83.00 | 53* | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
| Reema Malhotra | India Blue | 25.0 | 6 | 14.66 | 3/37 | 0 |
| Ekta Bisht | India Red | 26.0 | 6 | 17.33 | 3/27 | 0 |
| Shubhlakshmi Sharma | India Blue | 30.0 | 4 | 23.75 | 2/32 | 0 |
| Rasanara Parwin | India Red | 23.0 | 4 | 25.25 | 2/52 | 0 |
| Nagarajan Niranjana | India Blue | 26.0 | 4 | 25.50 | 2/32 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive