2019–20 Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy

The 2019–20 Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy was the third edition of India's Women's T20 Challenger Trophy. Three teams made up of the best players in India competed in a double round-robin group, with the top two advancing to the final. The three teams competing were renamed from the previous two tournaments: India Blue, Green and Red became India A, B and C, with India C beating India B in the final by 8 wickets to win the tournament. All matches were held at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack across a week in January 2020.[1][2]

2019–20 Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy
Dates4 – 10 January 2020
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and final
ChampionsIndia C (1st title)
Runners-upIndia B
Participants3
Matches7
Most runsShafali Verma (189)
Most wicketsRajeshwari Gayakwad (8)
2019–20 Indian domestic cricket season
Men
Women

Competition format

The three teams played in a double round-robin group, playing each other team twice, with the top two advancing to the final. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The group worked on a points system with positions with the group being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[3]

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 A India B India C
Source: BCCI[4]

Standings
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
India B (Q) 4300114+0.863
India C (Q) 422008–0.054
India A 403012–0.783
Source: CricketArchive[3]

Group stage
Match 1
4 January 2020
Scorecard
India A
v
India B
Match Abandoned
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Manish Jain and Piyush Khakhar
  • No toss.
  • No play possible due to rain.
  • Points: India A 2, India B 2.
Match 2
5 January 2020
Scorecard
India B
94/8 (20 overs)
v
India C
90/8 (20 overs)
Richa Ghosh 25 (26)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 3/7 (4 overs)
India B won by 4 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Manish Jain
  • India C won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India B 4, India C 0.
Match 3
6 January 2020
Scorecard
India C
123/7 (20 overs)
v
India A
113/6 (20 overs)
Shafali Verma 38 (24)
Deepti Sharma 2/20 (4 overs)
Deepti Sharma 34* (29)
Manali Dakshini 1/8 (2 overs)
India C won by 10 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Piyush Khakhar
  • India C won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India C 4, India A 0.
Match 4
7 January 2020
Scorecard
India B
139/4 (20 overs)
v
India A
104/7 (20 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 34 (25)
Sneh Rana 2/26 (4 overs)
Priya Punia 34 (33)
Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/18 (4 overs)
India B won by 35 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Manish Jain and Piyush Khakhar
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India B 4, India A 0.
Match 5
9 January 2020
Scorecard
India C
135/4 (20 overs)
v
India A
133/9 (20 overs)
Veda Krishnamurthy 47* (29)
Radha Yadav 3/23 (4 overs)
Priya Punia 60 (44)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 3/28 (4 overs)
India C won by 2 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Piyush Khakhar
  • India C won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India C 4, India A 0.
Match 6
9 January 2020
Scorecard
India C
148/8 (20 overs)
v
India B
152/5 (18.4 overs)
Shafali Verma 46 (31)
Renuka Singh 2/21 (4 overs)
Pooja Vastrakar 37 (21)
Tanusree Sarkar 1/20 (3 overs)
India B won by 5 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Ganesh Charhate and Manish Jain
  • India C won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India B 4, India C 0.

Final
10 January 2020
Scorecard
India B
131/6 (20 overs)
v
India C
135/2 (15.2 overs)
Pooja Vastrakar 43* (22)
Manali Dakshini 3/15 (4 overs)
Shafali Verma 89* (48)
Shikha Pandey 1/31 (3 overs)
India C won by 8 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Manish Jain and Piyush Khakhar
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs
Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Shafali Verma India C 5 5 189 47.25 89* 0 1
Priya Punia India A 3 3 119 39.66 60 0 1
Pooja Vastrakar India B 4 4 99 49.50 43* 0 0
Richa Ghosh India B 4 4 98 24.50 36 0 0
Vellaswamy Vanitha India B 4 4 92 23.00 30 0 0

Source: CricketArchive[5]

Most wickets
Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w
Rajeshwari Gayakwad India C 20.0 8 12.87 3/7 0
Sushree Dibyadarshini India B 14.0 7 11.42 3/15 0
Arundhati Reddy India C 18.4 6 19.33 3/29 0
Radha Yadav India A 12.0 5 14.00 3/23 0
Manali Dakshini India C 10.0 4 13.75 3/15 0

Source: CricketArchive[6]

References
  1. "Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20". BCCI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. "Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20/Squads". BCCI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. "Batting and Fielding in Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. "Bowling in Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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