The 2019–20 Women's Senior T20 Challenger Trophy was the third edition of India's Women's T20 Challenger Trophy. Three teams made up of the best players in India competed in a double round-robin group, with the top two advancing to the final. The three teams competing were renamed from the previous two tournaments: India Blue, Green and Red became India A, B and C, with India C beating India B in the final by 8 wickets to win the tournament. All matches were held at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack across a week in January 2020.

Competition format The three teams played in a double round-robin group, playing each other team twice, with the top two advancing to the final. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The group worked on a points system with positions with the group being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:

Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.

If points in the final table were equal, the teams were to be separated by their Net Run Rate.

Squads India A India B India C Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Zaman Akhter Taniya Bhatia (wk) Bharti Fulmali Mansi Joshi Minnu Mani Priya Punia Sneh Rana Deepti Sharma Shivali Shinde Meghna Singh Devika Vaidya Radha Yadav Komal Zanzad Smriti Mandhana (c) Shrayosi Aich Sushree Dibyadarshini Richa Ghosh Ravi Kalpana (wk) Tanuja Kanwer Shikha Pandey Anuja Patil Jemimah Rodrigues Anjali Sarvani Renuka Singh Pooja Vastrakar Vellaswamy Vanitha Sushma Verma (wk) Veda Krishnamurthy (c) Vrushali Bhagat Yastika Bhatia Manali Dakshini Rajeshwari Gayakwad Jincy George Dayalan Hemalatha Madhuri Mehta Nuzhat Parween (wk) Monica Patel Arundhati Reddy Tanusree Sarkar Kshama Singh Shafali Verma

Source: BCCI

Standings TeamIndia B (Q)4 3 0 0 1 14 +0.863India C (Q)4 2 2 0 0 8 –0.054India A4 0 3 0 1 2 –0.783 Source: Cricbuzz

Group stage

Final

Statistics

Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sShafali VermaIndia C5518947.2589*01Priya PuniaIndia A3311939.666001Pooja VastrakarIndia B449949.5043*00Richa GhoshIndia B449824.503600Vellaswamy VanithaIndia B449223.003000 Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wRajeshwari GayakwadIndia C20.0812.873/70Sushree DibyadarshiniIndia B14.0711.423/150Arundhati ReddyIndia C18.4619.333/290Radha YadavIndia A12.0514.003/230Manali DakshiniIndia C10.0413.753/150 Source: CricketArchive

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