Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy

For the Senior Women's One Day Challenger Trophy, see Senior Women's Challenger Trophy.

Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy
CountriesIndia
AdministratorBCCI
FormatTwenty20
First edition2009–10
Latest edition2022–23
Tournament formatRound-robin and final
Number of teams4
Current championIndia D (1st title)
Most successfulIndia Green (1 title)
India Blue (1 title)
India C (1 title)
India D (1 title)

The Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy is a women's T20 tournament held in India. The tournament first took place in the 2009–10 season, as the T20 equivalent to the List A Senior Women's Challenger Trophy. The participating teams were the same as in the List A tournament: India Blue, India Green and India Red, with India Green emerging victorious in the final.[1] The tournament later returned in the 2018–19 season, with India Blue winning their first title, defeating India Red by 4 runs in the final.[2][3][4] In the third edition of the tournament in 2019–20, the teams competing were named India A, India B and India C, with India C winning the final by 8 wickets over India B.[5] The tournament returned in 2022–23, now with four teams competing, and was won by the new team, India D.[6]

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  2. ^ Cricbuzz Staff (18 July 2018). "BCCI announces 37-team Ranji Trophy for 2018–19 season". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2018". BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ Cricbuzz Staff (21 August 2018). "Radha, Poonam star in India Blue's title win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Shafali Verma's 89* hands India 'C' Challenger Trophy title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Poonam, Deepti, Vastrakar, Rana to lead in T20 Challenger Trophy; Kaur, Mandhana rested". Women's CricZone. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.