NKP Salve Challenger Series

[Wanderer]

Anybody here who can give me some more information on this please?

I see our satellite network will be broadcasting all of these matches live, but I have no idea what this trophy is about.

First game is on Sunday, 1 October. India blue vs India red.

[Wanderer]

Okay, I have just cricinfoed, and found out its some sort of a "knock-out" between 2 sides. India A and India B. And they'll be called India Blue and India Red this year. (according to our broadcaster)

Must say, it looks really interesting. And this is the first time ever that we will have a domestic series of another country broadcast live here in South Africa. I can't wait! (we had the Stanford 20/20 games this year, but not live)

Will be nice to have a good look at the "fringe" players for India.

[batoutofhell]

wanderer it was earlier called as challenger trophy among 33 indian team probables
there used to be india seniors,india a and india b now it is named after 3 colors
you know one thing world's first 24 hours cricket channel is going to be launched here in india by the bcci
Neo TV its name will telecast live all matches participated by indian players(not only seniors but also other domestic players)

[Wanderer]

Thanks bat!

We have had a discussion about it on a local message board (safrican) and it seems like there is a whole lot of interest about it already. Sub-continental cricket has a HUGE following in South Africa.

I see the teams have been posted on cricinfo too...India Blue, Red and Green. With really big names in all the teams.

Just one thing that is still unclear to me. What is the format for the games? Are they limited overs games? These 3 teams play each other once and then there's a final? or not?

[batoutofhell]

yes this is a limited overs game(like odi)
with each team facing other once before entering the final based on the points table
this time its going to be in my city(working)chennai the pitch here usually have good bounceasisting both bowlers and good batsmen and also outfield is lightening under the lights there won't be much dew either
i hope it will be an entertaing short tournament

[Wanderer]

Thanks again.

I see Ganguly will be playing for one of the sides. Sure a lot of fans will want to see him perform really well here.

Nice to see that one of my favourite bowlers Balaji, is back as well. Hope he too does well. Performed really great in Pakistan 2 years ago... Sadly seems a bit injury prone though...

[Wanderer]

India Red won the first match. 280 all out in their 50 overs, with Gautam Ghambir run out on 110. Other notable score came from Rao, with 67. For the Blues, Patel and Pathan took 3 wickets each.

Tendulkar was the highest scorer for the Blues, with 61. Yuvraj made 57. Harbhajan hit a few lusty blows at the end, but with no assistance from the other tailenders, it was all over...VRV Singh and Zaheer Khan was the best bolwers for the Reds.

Next game today, India Blue against India Green.

[Vrock]

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india...ch/260494.html

Well Tendulkar produced a genius knock and Ganguly scored 24.

A bit of a one-sided affair although India Blue are the CT squad so they do have some form advantage (if the right choices were made).

[sreepandiat]

Which TV Channel in india is showing the Challenger Trophy 2006 live?

[batoutofhell]

its in Neo TV
unfortunately my cable operators not telecasting this new channel from BCCI
infact its available only in major cities with big operators
i already missed malaysia series because of the stupid Zee Sports which raised it s fee during india matches now i am also missing this challenger trophy though its happening in my city
i wanna cry out loudly