The 2013–14 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the fifth 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. All matches were held at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi across four days in January 2014. The tournament was won by India Blue, who beat India Red in the final by 8 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: 4 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 Blue India Green India Red Mithali Raj (c) Prabhakaran Anusha Ekta Bisht Annapurna Das Rajeshwari Gayakwad Shweta Jadhav Karu Jain (wk) Mansi Joshi Veda Krishnamurthy Nagarajan Niranjana Punam Raut Shubhlakshmi Sharma Sravanthi Naidu Poonam Yadav Smriti Mandhana (c) Ritu Dhrub Rameshwari Gayakwad Dayalan Hemalatha Saiqa Ishaque Ravi Kalpana (wk) Rajni Lodhi Mukta Magre Sneha Morey Lakhmi Nethra Sushree Dibyadarshini Swagatika Rath Deepti Sharma Sneha Deepthi Devika Vaidya Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Preeti Bose Anagha Deshpande (wk) Jhulan Goswami Meghna Singh Madhuri Mehta Shikha Pandey Sneh Rana Priyanka Roy Amita Sharma Gouher Sultana Vellaswamy Vanitha Sushma Verma (wk)

Standings TeamIndia Red (Q)2 2 0 0 0 8 +0.650India Blue (Q)2 1 1 0 0 4 +0.540India Green2 0 2 0 0 0 –1.190 Source: CricketArchive

Group stage

Final

Statistics

Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sSmriti MandhanaIndia Green22187187.0096*02Mithali RajIndia Blue33186186.008602Harmanpreet KaurIndia Red3312642.009901Vellaswamy VanithaIndia Red338743.5064*01Karu JainIndia Blue338127.005201 Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wRajeshwari GayakwadIndia Blue29.089.124/200Sneh RanaIndia Red32.0716.286/331Saiqa IshaqueIndia Green 22.0415.252/210Ekta BishtIndia Blue30.0425.752/390Ritu DhrubIndia Green 22.0325.002/450 Source: CricketArchive

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