1998–99 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1998/99
Date	15–18 October 1998
Location	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Result	India A and India B as joint winners
Teams India Seniors India A India B Captains Nayan Mongia Ajay Jadeja Sourav Ganguly Most runs Amay Khurasiya (55) Ajay Jadeja (50) Most wickets Sairaj Bahutule (3) Venkatesh Prasad (2) Gyanendra Pandey (2)

The 5th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Ahmedabad from 15 October to 18 October 1998. The series involved the domestic and national players from India allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. Due to cyclone all the matches were washed out due to rain except for the first match played between India Seniors and India A. No play was possible on the final day, and India A shared the trophy with India B, both getting declared as joint winners.

Squads

India Seniors	India A	India B
Nayan Mongia (c & wk) JP Yadav VVS Laxman Sujith Somasunder Rahul Dravid Hrishikesh Kanitkar Robin Singh Ajit Agarkar Rahul Sanghvi Harbhajan Singh Debashish Mohanty Sairaj Bahutule Mohammad Azharuddin	Ajay Jadeja (c) Saba Karim (wk) Gagan Khoda Nikhil Haldipur Amol Muzumdar Jatin Paranjpe Venkatesh Prasad Dodda Ganesh Nikhil Chopra Sunil Joshi Gyanendra Pandey Jacob Martin	Sourav Ganguly (c) Sachin Tendulkar Rohan Gavaskar Devang Gandhi Sanjay Raul Amay Khurasiya Vanka Pratap Nekkanti Madhukar Robin Singh Jr KN Ananthapadmanabhan Nilesh Kulkarni MSK Prasad (wk)

• Initially, Mohammad Azharuddin was selected to captain India Seniors, but he opted out of the tournament for personal reasons. Nayan Mongia was named as captain of the side, and JP Yadav was included in the squad as his replacement.

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India A	2	1	0	1	3	0.025
2	India B	2	0	0	2	2	0.000
3	India Seniors	2	0	1	1	1	−0.025

Source:

Matches

Group stage

15 October 1998

India A 181/7 (40 overs)	v	India Seniors 180/8 (40 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 50* (56) Sairaj Bahutule 3/26 (7 overs)		Amay Khurasiya 55 (76) Venkatesh Prasad 2/19 (8 overs)

India A won by 1 run. Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: KS Giridharan (IND) and S Choudhary (IND)

• India Seniors won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 40 overs per side due to overnight rain and wet outfield.
• Points: India A 2, India Seniors 0

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16 October 1998

India Seniors	v	India B

Match abandoned without a ball being bowled. Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: K Parthasarathy (IND) and Krishna Hariharan (IND)

• Match called off due to rain.
• Points: India Seniors 1, India B 1

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17 October 1998

India A	v	India B

Match abandoned without a ball being bowled. Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: KS Giridharan (IND) and S Choudhary (IND)

• Match called off due to heavy rains and expected cyclone.
• Points: India A 1, India B 1

Final

18 October 1998

India A	v	India B

Match abandoned without a ball being bowled. Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: K Parthasarathy (IND) and Krishna Hariharan (IND)

• Match called off due to wet and soggy outfield.
• India A and India B declared as joint winners of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1998/99.