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{{Short description|Former Indian domestic cricket contest}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket series
|series=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003/04 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crichq.com/competitions/5952-nkp-salve-challenger-trophy/draws/7277-nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-sep-2003/rounds|title=NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003/04 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news|website=CricHQ}}</ref>
|image=
|caption=
|date=10th - 13th September 2003
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
|result= Won by India A
|player of series= [[Yuvraj Singh]] (India B)
|team1=India Seniors
|team2=India A
|team3=India B
|captain1={{flagicon|IND}} [[Sourav Ganguly]]
|captain2={{flagicon|IND}} [[Anil Kumble]]
|captain3={{flagicon|IND}} [[Rahul Dravid]]
|runs1= [[Hemang Badani]] (134)
|runs2= [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (176)
|runs3= [[Yuvraj Singh]] (188)
|wickets1= [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] (7)
|wickets2= [[Anil Kumble]] (6)
|wickets3= [[Dinesh Mongia]] (7)
|previous= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2001-02|2001–02]]
|next= [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004-05|2004–05]]
}}

The 9th [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]] was an [[Limited overs cricket|Indian domestic cricket]] tournament that was held in [[Bangalore]] from 10 September to 13 September 2003. 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 B by 99 runs in the final to become the champions of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2003-04-555693/india-a-vs-india-b-final-555694/full-scorecard|title=Tendulkar and Sriram guide India A to title|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketweb.net/articles/EpyFEuZuuFcvgPGcxz.shtml|title=India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2003/04 Squad|website=Rediff}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India A <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketweb.net/articles/EpyFEuZuuFcvgPGcxz.shtml|title=India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2003/04 Squad|website=Rediff}}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"| {{flagicon|IND}} India B <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketweb.net/articles/EpyFEuZuuFcvgPGcxz.shtml|title=India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2003/04 Squad|website=Rediff}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[VVS Laxman]]
* [[Hemang Badani]]
* [[Ambati Rayudu]]
* [[Sanjay Bangar]]
* [[Parthiv Patel]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Amit Mishra]]
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]]
* [[Reetinder Singh Sodhi]]
* [[Akash Chopra]]
|
* [[Anil Kumble]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Rohan Gavaskar]]
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* [[Wasim Jaffer]]
* [[Sridharan Sriram]]
* [[Ajay Ratra]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Ajit Agarkar]]
* [[Mithun Manhas]]
* [[Ramesh Powar]]
|
* [[Rahul Dravid]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[SS Das]]
* [[Satyajit Parab]]
* [[Vijay Bharadwaj]]
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[Dinesh Mongia]]
* [[Thilak Naidu]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)|Jai P Yadav]]
* [[Aavishkar Salvi]]
* [[Siddharth Trivedi]]
* [[Sairaj Bahutule]]
* [[Amit Bhandari]]
* [[Sarandeep Singh]]
|}

==Points Table==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2003-04-555693/points-table-standings 'Points Table']
|winpoints=4
|nrpoints=2
|show_tie=no
|showteam={{{team}}}

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

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=

|win_India B=2 |loss_India B=0 |nr_India B=0 |nrr_India B=+1.611
|win_India A=1 |loss_India A=1 |nr_India A=0 |nrr_India A=-0.611
|win_India Seniors=0 |loss_India Seniors=2 |nr_India Seniors=0 |nrr_India Seniors=-0.900

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

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

==Matches==
===Group stage===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 10 September 2003
| team1 = India A {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 276/8(50 overs)
| score2 = 249/8 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors
| runs1 = [[Rohan Gavaskar]] 79* (94)
| wickets1 = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 5/50 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Hemang Badani]] 73 (80)
| wickets2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 3/56 (10 overs)
| result = India A won by 27 runs.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2003-04-555693/india-vs-india-a-133567/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 2003/04 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India A won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[SK Sharma]] (IND) and [[Subroto Porel]] (IND)
| motm = [[Rohan Gavaskar]] (India A)
| rain = Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 11 September 2003
| team1 = India B {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 338/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 275/7 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India Seniors
| runs1 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 107 (97)
| wickets1 = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 2/76 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sanjay Bangar]] 63 (66)
| wickets2 = [[Dinesh Mongia]] 2/33 (6 overs)
| result = India B won by 63 runs.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2003-04-555693/india-vs-india-b-133594/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 2003/04 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Narendra Menon]] (IND) and [[Satish Gupta]] (IND)
| motm = [[Rahul Dravid]] (India B)
| rain = Points: India B 4, India Seniors 0
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 12 September 2003
| team1 = India B {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 340/2 (50 overs)
| score2 = 225 (35.2 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India A
| runs1 = [[Dinesh Mongia]] 121 (117)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/73 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Gautam Gambhir]] 58 (37)
| wickets2 = [[Dinesh Mongia]] 4/31 (8 overs)
| result = India B won by 82 runs ([[Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method|D/L method]]).
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2003-04-555693/india-a-vs-india-b-133646/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 2003/04 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India B won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[SK Sharma]] (IND) and [[Subroto Porel]] (IND)
| motm = [[Yuvraj Singh]] & [[Dinesh Mongia]] (India B)
| rain = Due to rain, India A's target was reduced to 308 runs from 40 overs.
| notes = Points: India B 4, India A 0
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 13 September 2003
| team1 = India A {{flagicon|IND}}
| score1 = 314/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 215 (41.1 overs)
| team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} India B
| runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 88 (95)
| wickets1 = [[Amit Bhandari]] 2/48 (5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 55* (44)
| wickets2 = [[Ramesh Powar]] 3/29 (7.1 overs)
| result = India A won by 99 runs.
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nkp-salve-challenger-trophy-2003-04-555693/india-a-vs-india-b-final-555694/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of India A vs India B Final 2003/04 - Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore]]
| toss = India A won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishna Hariharan]] (IND) and [[SK Sharma]] (IND)
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] & [[Sridharan Sriram|S Sriram]] (India A)
| rain =
| notes = India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2003/04.
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:2003 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2004 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2003–04]]
[[Category:NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]

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