2006–07 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy explained

Series:NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2006/07 [1]
Date:1st – 4th October 2006
Place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Result:India Blue and India Red as joint winners.
Player Of Series:VRV Singh (India Red)
Team1:India Blue
Team2:India Red
Team3:India Green
Captain1: Rahul Dravid
Captain2: Venugopal Rao
Captain3: Mohammad Kaif
Runs1:Sachin Tendulkar (200)
Runs2:Gautam Gambhir (184)
Runs3:Parthiv Patel (112)
Wickets1:Munaf Patel (5)
Irfan Pathan (5)
Wickets2:VRV Singh (7)
Wickets3:Lakshmipathy Balaji (4)
Previous:2005–06

The 12th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Chennai from 1 October to 4 October 2006. The series involved the domestic players from India who were placed accordingly in the teams namely India Blue, India Red, and India Green. From this edition, the names of teams were changed from the previous edition where India Seniors, India A, and India B became India Blue, India Red, and India Green respectively.

The trophy was jointly shared by India Blue and India Red after the final was abandoned due to rain.[2]

Squads

Matches

Group stage

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2006/07 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news. ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Web site: Rain plays spoilsport at Chennai. ESPNcricinfo.
  3. Web site: India Blue Squad - India Blue Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2006 Squad. ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Web site: India Red Squad - India Red Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2006 Squad. ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Web site: India Green Squad - India Green Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2006 Squad. ESPNcricinfo.
  6. Web site: Mithun Manhas to replace Laxman. 1 October 2006. ESPNcricinfo.