Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy

Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy is Indian women's T20 tournament. It is the T20 version of Senior Women's Challenger Trophy. The tournament was first time introduced in the 2018–19 season.[1] It is the second T20 tournament in the women's domestic season apart from Senior Women's T20 League, which is an inter-state tournament. It is slated at the start of the season. The participating teams similar to the Women's List-A tournament are India Blue, Green and Red but it will be played in double Round-robin tournament in comparison to single round robin format of the List-A tournament.[2][3][4][5] India Blue Women defeated India Red women by 4 runs to win the inaugural edition.[6] In second edition India C Women won the final by 8 wickets over India B Women.[7]

Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy
Countries India
AdministratorBCCI
FormatWomen's T20
First edition2018-19
Latest edition2019-20
Next edition2020-21
Tournament formatDouble Round-robin and Finals
Number of teams3
Current championIndia C Women (1st Title)
Current trophy holderIndia C Women (1st Title)
Most successfulIndia Blue Women (1 Title)
India C Women (1 Title)
2019-20

Tournament results
Season Final Final venue
Winner Result Runner-up
2018-19
Details		 India Blue Women
127/7 (20 overs)		 India Blue Women won by 4 Runs India Red Women
131/7 (20 overs)		 KSCA Cricket Ground (3), Alur, Bengaluru[8]
2019-20
Details		 India C Women
135/2 (15.2 overs)		 India C Women won by 8 wickets India B Women
131/6 (20 overs)		 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack[9]

References
  1. Cricbuzz Staff (18 July 2018). "BCCI announces 37-team Ranji Trophy for 2018-19 season". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. "BCCI to host over 2000 matches in the upcoming 2018-19 domestic season". BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. "BCCI domestic schedule 2018-19" (PDF). BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. Snehal Pradhan (21 July 2018). "More matches, better structured pools and heftier pay, but women's cricket in India is still undernourished". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. "Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy 2018". BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. Cricbuzz Staff (21 August 2018). "Radha, Poonam star in India Blue's title win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. "Shafali Verma's 89* hands India 'C' Challenger Trophy title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  8. http://www.bcci.tv/womens-senior-t20-challenger-trophy-2018-19/match/07
  9. https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/womens-senior-t20-challenger-trophy-2019-20/match/07
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