2019–20 Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy
| Dates | 4 – 10 January 2020 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | 
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final | 
| Champions | India C (1st title) | 
| Runners-up | India B | 
| Participants | 3 | 
| Matches | 7 | 
| Most runs | Shafali Verma (189) | 
| Most wickets | Rajeshwari Gayakwad (8) | 
| 2019–20 Indian domestic cricket season | 
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| Men | 
| Women | 
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]
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 were equal, the teams were to be separated by their Net Run Rate.
Squads
| India A | India B | India C | 
|---|---|---|
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- Source: BCCI[4]
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India B (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | +0.863 | 
| India C (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.054 | 
| India A | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | –0.783 | 
- Source: Cricbuzz[3]
Group stage
| India A | v | India B | 
- No toss.
- No play possible due to rain.
- Points: India A 2, India B 2.
| India B 94/8 (20 overs) | v | India C 90/8 (20 overs) | 
- India C won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: India B 4, India C 0.
| India C 123/7 (20 overs) | v | India A 113/6 (20 overs) | 
- India C won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: India C 4, India A 0.
| India B 139/4 (20 overs) | v | India A 104/7 (20 overs) | 
- India B won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: India B 4, India A 0.
| India C 135/4 (20 overs) | v | India A 133/9 (20 overs) | 
- India C won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: India C 4, India A 0.
| India C 148/8 (20 overs) | v | India B 152/5 (18.4 overs) | 
- 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) | 
- 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
- ^ "Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20". BCCI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 Table". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Harmanpreet, Mandhana and Veda to lead in T20 Challengers". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Bowling in Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2019/20 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2021.