MEDIA RELEASE India Red will take on India Blue in the final of the AIRTEL Women’s Challenger Trophy, on Tuesday, 18 December 2012, at the MCA Recreation Centre, BKC, Mumbai. The tournament, involving three teams – India Blue, India Red and India Green (under-19) - got underway on Saturday, 15 December 2012. All three league matches were played at the MCA Recreation Centre, BKC, Mumbai. The brief scores of the league matches are as follows: Match one - India Blue vs India Red - 15.12.2012 India Blue won the toss and elected to field. India Red 180/10 in 49.2 overs (M. Thirushkamini 43, Amita Sharma 37, Reema Malhotra 3/37) beat India Blue 45/10 in 29 overs (Kavita Patil 3/7, Amita Sharma 2/12, Ritu Dhrub 2/11). India Red won by 135 runs, with 126 balls to spare, and gained a bonus point. Match two – India Red vs India Green – 16.12.2012 India Green won the toss and elected to bat. India Green 160/9 in 50 overs (Smriti Mandana 47, Sarika Koli 50, Ekta Bist 3/27) Lost to India Red 161/0 in 35.5 overs (Anagha Deshpande 53*, M. Thirushkamini 95*) India Red won by ten wickets, with 85 balls to spare, and gained a bonus point. Match three - India Blue vs India Green - 17.12.2012 India Blue won the toss and elected to field. India Green 153/10 in 49.3 overs (Smriti Mandana 69) Lost to India Blue 154/2 in 39.5 overs (Punam Raut 74, Shweta Jadhav 57) India Blue won by 8 wickets, with 61 balls to spare, and gained a bonus point. The teams for the final are as follows: INDIA BLUE NAMES 1 HARMANPREET KAUR (CAPTAIN) 2 NIRANJANA. N 3 SHUBHALAXMI. S 4 ARCHANA DAS 5 PUNAM RAUT 6 REEMA MALHOTRA 7 GOUHER SULTANA 8 SULAKSHANA NAIK 9 SUSHMA VERMA 10 NISTHA PHARASI 11 POONAM YADAV 12 MITHALI RAJ 13 SHWETA JADHAV 14 MOKSHA CHAUDHARY 15 NISHU CHAUDHARY INDIA RED NAMES 1 AMITA SHARMA CAPTAIN 2 RITU DHRUB 3 KAVITA PATIL 4 ROSANARA PARWIN 5 M. THIRUSHKAMINI 6 LATIKA KUMARI 7 EKTA BIST 8 KARUNA JAIN 9 SUNITHA ANAND 10 ANAGHA DESHPANDE 11 VEDA KRISHNAMURTHY 12 MANDIRA MAHAPATRA 13 JHULAN GOSWAMI 14 ANUJA PATIL 15 MONA MESHRAM

Sanjay Jagdale Hony. Secretary BCCI