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{{Infobox cricket series
|series=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/|title=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|image=
|caption=
|date=7th – 10th February 2005
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
|result= Won by India A
|player of series= 
|team1=India Seniors
|team2=India A
|team3=India B
|captain1={{flagicon|IND}} [[Sourav Ganguly]]
|captain2={{flagicon|IND}} [[Rahul Dravid]]
|captain3={{flagicon|IND}} [[Virender Sehwag]]
|runs1= [[Shikhar Dhawan]] (161)
|runs2= [[Rahul Dravid]] (232)
|runs3= [[VVS Laxman]] (94)
|wickets1= [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] (6)
|wickets2= [[Dinesh Mongia]] (9)
|wickets3= [[Ashish Nehra]] (4) <br> [[Amit Bhandari]] (4)
|previous= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003-04|2003–04]]
|next= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2005-06|2005–06]] 
}}

The 10th [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]] was an [[Limited overs cricket|Indian domestic cricket]] tournament that was held in [[Mumbai]] from 7 February to 10 February 2005. The series involved the domestic and national players from India who were allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. India A defeated India Seniors by 6 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/SCORECARDS/IND-A_IND-SNRS_CHLNGR-FINAL_10FEB2005.html|title=India A wins the Challenger Trophy|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2004-05_IND-SQUAD.html|title=India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2004/05 Squad|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India A <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2004-05_IND-A-SQUAD.html|title=India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2004/05 Squad|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India B <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2004-05_IND-B-SQUAD.html|title=India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2004/05 Squad|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[MS Dhoni]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[Suresh Raina]]
* [[Yalaka Venugopal Rao|Venugopal Rao]]
* [[Niraj Patel]]
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Anil Kumble]]
* [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]
* [[Gagandeep Singh (cricketer, born 1981)|Gagandeep Singh]]
* [[Rajesh Pawar]]
* [[Shikhar Dhawan]]
* [[Ranadeb Bose]]
|
* [[Rahul Dravid]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Dinesh Karthik]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Satyajit Parab]]
* [[Dheeraj Jadhav]]
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* [[Dinesh Mongia]]
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Ajit Agarkar]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[Rudra Pratap Singh]]
* [[Yusuf Pathan]]
* [[Shib Paul|Shib Shankar Paul]]
|
* [[Virender Sehwag]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Parthiv Patel]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[VVS Laxman]]
* [[Sridharan Sriram]]
* [[Rohan Gavaskar]]
* [[Ramesh Powar]]
* [[Joginder Sharma]]
* [[Ashish Nehra]]
* [[Amit Bhandari]]
* [[Robin Uthappa]]
* [[Ambati Rayudu]]
|}

==Points Table==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete 
|source=
|winpoints=4
|nrpoints=2
|show_tie=no
|showteam={{{team}}}

|team1=India A|team2=India Seniors
|team3=India B

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=

|win_India A=2 |loss_India A=0 |nr_India A=0 |nrr_India A=+0.240
|win_India Seniors=1 |loss_India Seniors=1 |nr_India Seniors=0 |nrr_India Seniors=+0.146
|win_India B=0 |loss_India B=2 |nr_India B=0 |nrr_India B=-0.396

|name_India A={{flagicon|IND}} '''India A'''
|name_India Seniors={{flagicon|IND}} '''India Seniors'''
|name_India B={{flagicon|IND}} '''India B'''

|col_Q=#cfc
|col_O=#fcc
}}

==Matches==
===Group stage===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 7 February 2005 
| team1 = India Seniors {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 280/9(50 overs) 	
| score2 = 286/4 (49.4 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India A
| runs1 = [[Yuvraj Singh]] 100 (91)
| wickets1 = [[Dinesh Mongia]] 4/48 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dheeraj Jadhav]] 79 (109)
| wickets2 = [[Rajesh Pawar]] 2/55 (10 overs)
| result = India A won by 6 wickets.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/SCORECARDS/IND-A_IND-SNRS_CHLNGR_07FEB2005.html|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 2004/05 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishna Hariharan]] (IND) and [[Ivaturi Shivram]] (IND)
| motm = 
| rain = Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0
}}
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{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 8 February 2005
| team1 = India B {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 275 (50 overs)
| score2 = 278/2 (46.4 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors
| runs1 = [[VVS Laxman]] 67 (69)
| wickets1 = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 4/66 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shikhar Dhawan]] 126 (124)
| wickets2 = [[Amit Bhandari]] 2/45 (10 overs)
| result = India Seniors won by 8 wickets. 
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/SCORECARDS/IND-B_IND-SNRS_CHLNGR_08FEB2005.html|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2004/05 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Tej Handu]] (IND) and [[Arani Jayaprakash]] (IND)
| motm = 
| rain = Points: India Seniors 4, India B 0
| notes = 
}}
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{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 9 February 2005 
| team1 = India A {{flagicon|IND}} 
| score1 = 294/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 204 (36.5 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India B
| runs1 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 115 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Ashish Nehra]] 3/43 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 66 (48)
| wickets2 = [[Murali Kartik]] 3/26 (5.5 overs) <br> [[Dinesh Mongia]] 3/47 (10 overs)
| result = India A won by 90 runs.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/challenger-series-2004-05-411077/india-a-vs-india-b-144457/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 2004/05 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Ivaturi Shivram]] (IND) and [[Tej Handu]] (IND)
| motm = 
| rain = 
| notes = Points: India A 4, India B 0
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 10 February 2005
| team1 = India Seniors {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 211 (47.2 overs) 	
| score2 = 212/4 (48.4 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India A
| runs1 = [[Niraj Patel]] 65 (66)
| wickets1 = [[RP Singh]] 3/42 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 72* (102) 
| wickets2 = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 2/49 (9 overs)
| result = India A won by 6 wickets.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/SCORECARDS/IND-A_IND-SNRS_CHLNGR-FINAL_10FEB2005.html|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A Final 2004/05 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> 
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Arani Jayaprakash]] (IND) and [[Krishna Hariharan]] (IND)
| motm = 
| rain =
| notes = India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05.
}}

==References==
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[[Category:2004 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2005 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2004–05]]
[[Category:NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]


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