# 2008–09 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy

The 2008–09 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the inaugural 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. Matches were held at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad across four days in October 2008. The tournament was won by India B, who beat India A in the final by 6 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: 2 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 A | India B | India Senior |
| Rumeli Dhar (c) Nooshin Al Khadeer Pallavi Bharadwaj Diana David Neetu Jaiswal Hemlata Kala Thirush Kamini Reema Malhotra Shashi Malik Niranjana Nagarajan Sulakshana Naik (wk) Sindhu Sriharsha | Amita Sharma (c) Anjum Chopra Archana Das Preeti Dimri Rajeshwari Goyal Karu Jain (wk) Gurdeep Kaur (wk) Harmanpreet Kaur Latika Kumari Snehal Pradhan Punam Raut Jaya Sharma Amrita Shinde | Jhulan Goswami (c) Priyanka Roy Shweta Jadhav Vellaswamy Vanitha Anagha Deshpande Lalita Sharma Anureet Kaur Asha Rawat Seema Pujare Monica Sharma Gouher Sultana Swaroopa Kadam |

## Standings

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| India B (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.120 |
| India A (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.010 |
| India Senior | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.110 |
    Source: CricketArchive

## Group stage

* Match 1 2 October 2008 Scorecard
| India A 185 (49.5 overs) | v | India Senior 154 (47.2 overs) |
| Reema Malhotra 57 (83) Gouher Sultana 2/28 (10 overs) | | Priyanka Roy 77 (137) Nooshin Al Khadeer 3/27 (10 overs) |
* India A won by 31 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Rajiv Risodkar and Sameer Bandekar
* India Senior won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India A 2, India Senior 0.
* Match 2 3 October 2008 Scorecard
| India Senior 194/9 (50 overs) | v | India B 174 (47.2 overs) |
| Jhulan Goswami 45* (47) Preeti Dimri 2/20 (10 overs) | | Amita Sharma 70 (81) Swaroopa Kadam 4/18 (9.2 overs) |
* India Senior won by 20 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Rajiv Risodkar and Sameer Bandekar
* India Senior won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India Senior 2, India B 0.
* Match 3 4 October 2008 Scorecard
| India B 202 (47 overs) | v | India A 170/8 (50 overs) |
| Latika Kumari 54 (79) Reema Malhotra 4/52 (9 overs) | | Hemlata Kala 39* (51) Amrita Shinde 3/39 (10 overs) |
* India B won by 32 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Milind Pathak and PS Godbole
* India B won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: India B 2, India A 0.

## Final

* 5 October 2008 Scorecard
| India A 122 (48.1 overs) | v | India B 123/4 (32.5 overs) |
| Hemlata Kala 32 (65) Snehal Pradhan 3/20 (7 overs) | | Jaya Sharma 58* (98) Diana David 3/19 (7 overs) |
* India B won by 6 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Milind Pathak and PS Godbole
* India A won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Hemlata Kala | India A | 3 | 3 | 93 | 46.50 | 39* | 0 | 0 |
| Jaya Sharma | India B | 2 | 2 | 92 | 92.00 | 58* | 0 | 1 |
| Priyanka Roy | India Senior | 2 | 2 | 77 | 38.50 | 77 | 0 | 1 |
| Amita Sharma | India B | 3 | 2 | 71 | 35.50 | 70 | 0 | 1 |
| Reema Malhotra | India A | 3 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
| Diana David | India A | 21.2 | 7 | 7.57 | 3/19 | 0 |
| Snehal Pradhan | India B | 23.0 | 6 | 15.50 | 3/20 | 0 |
| Reema Malhotra | India A | 24.0 | 6 | 18.00 | 4/52 | 0 |
| Swaroopa Kadam | India Senior | 19.2 | 5 | 8.40 | 4/18 | 0 |
| Amrita Shinde | India B | 25.0 | 5 | 16.40 | 3/39 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo