1995–96 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1995/96 [1]
Date	28th - 31st December 1995
Location	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Result	Won by India Seniors
Teams India Seniors India A India B Captains Mohammad Azharuddin Sachin Tendulkar Pravin Amre Most runs Navjot Singh Sidhu (142) Rahul Dravid (164) Pankaj Dharmani (61) Most wickets Anil Kumble (5) Venkatapathy Raju (11) Rajesh Chauhan (4)

The 2nd NKP Salve Challenger Trophy or Liberty Cup was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Hyderabad from 28 December to 31 December 1995. The series involved the domestic and national players from India allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. India Seniors won the Challenger trophy after defeating India A by 33 runs in the final.^[2]

Squads

India Seniors [3]	India A [4]	India B [5]
Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Navjot Singh Sidhu Manoj Prabhakar Vinod Kambli Sanjay Manjrekar Ajay Jadeja Nayan Mongia (wk) Javagal Srinath Venkatesh Prasad Anil Kumble Utpal Chatterjee Aashish Kapoor	Sachin Tendulkar (c) Sourav Ganguly Rahul Dravid Vikram Rathour (wk) Amol Muzumdar Bhupinder Singh Jr. Saba Karim Paras Mhambrey Salil Ankola Venkatapathy Raju Narendra Hirwani Margashayam Venkataramana	Pravin Amre (c) Gagan Khoda Surendra Bhave Pankaj Dharmani VVS Laxman Sanjay Raul Prashant Vaidya David Johnson Sameer Dighe (wk) Rajesh Chauhan Feroze Ghayas Bharati Vij

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India A	2	2	0	0	4	0.576
2	India Seniors	2	1	1	0	2	−0.106
3	India B	2	0	2	0	0	−0.364

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Group stage

28 December 1995 [6]

India A 183/7 (50 overs)	v	India Seniors 166 (49.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 52 (85) Utpal Chatterjee 2/25 (10 overs)		Nayan Mongia 45 (46) Venkatapathy Raju 6/39 (10 overs)

India A won by 17 runs. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: VK Ramaswamy (IND) and Jasbir Singh (IND)

• India Seniors won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India A 2, India Seniors 0

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29 December 1995 [7]

India Seniors 178 (49.4 overs)	v	India B 174/8 (50 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 48 (108) Bharati Vij 3/38 (10 overs)		Pankaj Dharmani 53 (97) Anil Kumble 2/29 (10 overs)

India Seniors won by 4 runs. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Jasbir Singh (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)

• India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India Seniors 2, India B 0

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30 December 1995 [8]

India A 190/8 (50 overs)	v	India B 110 (38 overs)
Rahul Dravid 78* (120) Prashant Vaidya 3/44 (10 overs)		Bharati Vij 19* Venkatapathy Raju 2/7 (6 overs)

India A won by 80 runs. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India A 2, India B 0

Final

31 December 1995 [9]

India Seniors 213/7 (50 overs)	v	India A 180/9 (50 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 81 (117) Venkatapathy Raju 3/40 (10 overs)		Rahul Dravid 56 (85) Venkatesh Prasad 3/32 (10 overs)

India Seniors won by 33 runs. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: VK Ramaswamy (IND) and SK Bansal (IND)

• India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
• India Seniors became the winners of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy (Liberty Cup) 1995/96.

References

1. "NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 1995/96 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "India Seniors are the winners of Challenger Trophy". ESPNcricinfo.
3. "India Seniors Squad - India Seniors Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 1995/96 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "India A Squad - India A Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 1995/96 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
5. "India B Squad - India B Squad - NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 1995/96 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
6. "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India A 1995/96 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
7. "Full Scorecard of India Seniors vs India B 1995/96 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
8. "Full Scorecard of India A vs India B 1995/96 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
9. "Full Scorecard of Final India Seniors vs India A 1995/96 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.