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{{Infobox cricket series
|series=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jan/16misc.htm|title=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news|website=Rediff}}</ref>
|image=
|caption=
|date= 10-13 January 2002
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
|result= Won by India A
|player of series= [[Sarandeep Singh]] (India A)
|team1=India Seniors
|team2=India A
|team3=India B
|captain1={{flagicon|IND}} [[Sourav Ganguly]]
|captain2={{flagicon|IND}} [[VVS Laxman]]
|captain3={{flagicon|IND}} [[Anil Kumble]]
|runs1= [[Hemang Badani]] (170)
|runs2= Sangram Singh (114)
|runs3= [[Dinesh Mongia]] (133)
|wickets1= [[Sourav Ganguly]] (5)
|wickets2= [[Sarandeep Singh]] (9)
|wickets3= [[Anil Kumble]] (3)
|previous= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2000-01|2000–01]]
|next= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003-04|2003–04]]
}}

The 8th [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]] was an [[Limited overs cricket|Indian domestic cricket]] tournament that was held in [[Bangalore]] from 10 January to 13 January 2002. 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 8 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2001-02-588469/india-vs-india-a-final-115501/full-scorecard|title=VVS Laxman's men are the champions of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jan/16misc.htm|title=India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2001/02 Squad|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NKP Salve Trophy, 2001-02 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2001-02_IND-SQUAD.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=static.espncricinfo.com}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India A <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jan/16misc.htm|title=India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2001/02 Squad|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NKP Salve Trophy, 2001-02 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2001-02_IND-A-SQUAD.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=static.espncricinfo.com}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India B <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/jan/16misc.htm|title=India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2001/02 Squad|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NKP Salve Trophy, 2001-02 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2001-02_IND-B-SQUAD.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=static.espncricinfo.com}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[SS Das]]
* [[Virender Sehwag]]
* [[Hemang Badani]]
* [[Sanjay Bangar]]
* [[Deep Dasgupta]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Sunil Joshi]]
* [[Tinu Yohannan]]
* [[Iqbal Siddiqui]]
* [[Debasis Mohanty]]
* [[Jacob Martin (cricketer)|Jacob Martin]]
|
* [[VVS Laxman]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Connor Williams (cricketer)|Connor Williams]]
* [[Daniel Manohar]]
* [[Rohan Gavaskar]]
* Sangram Singh
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[Ajay Ratra]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Reetinder Singh Sodhi]]
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[Ajit Agarkar]]
* [[Sarandeep Singh]]
* [[Shitanshu Kotak|Sitanshu Kotak]]
|
* [[Anil Kumble]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* [[Sridharan Sriram|S Sriram]]
* [[Dinesh Mongia]]
* [[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]]
* [[Arjun Yadav]]
* [[Zakaria Zuffri|Syed Zakaria Zuffri]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Vijay Bharadwaj]]
* [[Pankaj Dharmani]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Ashish Nehra]]
* [[Sanjay Pandey (cricketer)|Sanjay Pandey]]
* [[Amit Bhandari]]
* [[Devendra Bundela]]
|}

==Points Table==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2001-02-588469/points-table-standings 'Points Table']
|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=+0.748
|win_India Seniors=1 |loss_India Seniors=1 |nr_India Seniors=0 |nrr_India Seniors=+0.439
|win_India B=0 |loss_India B=2 |nr_India B=0 |nrr_India B=-1.254

|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 = 10 January 2002
| team1 = India Seniors {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 229/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 235/8 (47.5 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India A
| runs1 = [[Hemang Badani]] 41 (36)
| wickets1 = [[Sarandeep Singh]] 3/36 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Yuvraj Singh]] 55 (77)
| wickets2 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 4/40 (10 overs)
| result = India A won by 2 wickets.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2001-02-588469/india-vs-india-a-115408/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 2001/02 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[MS Mahal]] (IND) and [[Satish Gupta]] (IND)
| motm =
| rain = Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 11 January 2002
| team1 = India B {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 288/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 289/5 (39.5 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors
| runs1 = [[Dinesh Mongia]] 131 (140)
| wickets1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 2/53 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 125 (93)
| wickets2 = [[Ashish Nehra]] 2/66 (10 overs)
| result = India Seniors won by 5 wickets.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2001-02-588469/india-vs-india-b-115449/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2001/02 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishna Hariharan]] (IND) and [[SK Sharma]] (IND)
| motm =
| rain = Points: India Seniors 4, India B 0
| notes = India Seniors were fined 3 overs for maintaining slow over rate. Hence, their target was 289 runs in 47 overs.
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 12 January 2002
| team1 = India A {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 289/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 230 (38.4 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India B
| runs1 = [[Connor Williams (cricketer)|Connor Williams]] 73 (91)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/47 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Kaif]] 69 (68)
| wickets2 = [[Sarandeep Singh]] 5/57 (10 overs)
| result = India A won by 59 runs.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2001-02-588469/india-a-vs-india-b-115487/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 2001/02 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Satish Gupta]] (IND) and [[MS Mahal]] (IND)
| motm =
| rain =
| notes = Points: India A 4, India B 0
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 13 January 2002
| team1 = India Seniors {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 154 (36 overs)
| score2 = 157/2 (32 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India A
| runs1 = [[Hemang Badani]] 52 (55)
| wickets1 = [[Murali Kartik]] 3/28 (5 overs)
| runs2 = Sangram Singh 75 (78)
| wickets2 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 2/30 (9 overs)
| result = India A won by 8 wickets.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2001-02-588469/india-vs-india-a-final-115501/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A Final 2001/02 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishna Hariharan]] (IND) and [[SK Sharma]] (IND)
| motm =
| rain =
| notes = India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001/02.
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:2001 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2002 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2001–02]]
[[Category:NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]

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