The 2008–09 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the inaugural edition of India's 50 over Women's Challenger Trophy. Three teams made up of the best players in India competed in a round-robin group, with the top two advancing to the final. Matches were held at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad across four days in October 2008. The tournament was won by India B, who beat India A in the final by 6 wickets.

Competition format The three teams played in a round-robin group, playing each other team once, with the top two advancing to the final. Matches were played using a 50 over 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: 2 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.

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

Squads India A India B India Senior Rumeli Dhar (c) Nooshin Al Khadeer Pallavi Bharadwaj Diana David Neetu Jaiswal Hemlata Kala Thirush Kamini Reema Malhotra Shashi Malik Niranjana Nagarajan Sulakshana Naik (wk) Sindhu Sriharsha Amita Sharma (c) Anjum Chopra Archana Das Preeti Dimri Rajeshwari Goyal Karu Jain (wk) Gurdeep Kaur (wk) Harmanpreet Kaur Latika Kumari Snehal Pradhan Punam Raut Jaya Sharma Amrita Shinde Jhulan Goswami (c) Priyanka Roy Shweta Jadhav Vellaswamy Vanitha Anagha Deshpande Lalita Sharma Anureet Kaur Asha Rawat Seema Pujare Monica Sharma Gouher Sultana Swaroopa Kadam

Standings TeamIndia B (Q)2 1 1 0 0 0 2 +0.120India A (Q)2 1 1 0 0 0 2 –0.010India Senior2 1 1 0 0 0 2 –0.110 Source: CricketArchive

Group stage

Final

Statistics

Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sHemlata KalaIndia A339346.5039*00Jaya SharmaIndia B229292.0058*01Priyanka RoyIndia Senior227738.507701Amita SharmaIndia B327135.507001Reema MalhotraIndia A336622.005701 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wDiana DavidIndia A21.277.573/190Snehal PradhanIndia B23.0615.503/200Reema MalhotraIndia A24.0618.004/520Swaroopa KadamIndia Senior19.258.404/180Amrita ShindeIndia B25.0516.403/390 Source: ESPNcricinfo

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