Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy-Live on Neo Sports

MUMBAI: After the exciting India- Australia series & India’s recent win in the T20 match against Australia, Neo Sports now brings you stimulating action from the domestic arena. Neo Sports will telecast the Challenger Series Live & exclusive starting October 25, 2007 from Ahmedabad.

Vying for the NKP Salve trophy, the Challenger series will consist of 3 One day matches played in a league format where the top two teams will compete in the final. The league consists of three teams India Red, India Blue and India Green headed by the three captains Mohammed Kaif, Virender Sehwag and Parthiv Patel respectively amongst other players like Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel, who will be joined by the cream of India’s cricketing Talent .

Shashi Kalathil, CEO, Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. said, “The Challenger Series has traditionally been the launch pad for young talent into the Indian Team with cricketers like Sreesanth & Gautam Gambhir making their mark over there. Kalathil added, When Neo Sports launched with the Challenger Series last year, Oct 06, it had got the highest viewership in the first week of its launch, beating all other sports channels making this series one to watch out for.

To add context & drama to the series telecast, the coverage on Neo Sports will also feature “Extra Cover” a wrap around programme enveloping the Live cricket, which will be broadcast from Neo’s state of the art broadcasting facility in Mumbai. Former Indian Paceman Javagal Srinath & Neo Sports Anchor, Manish Vallicha will do the honours from the studios of Neo Sports.

Neo Sports has the telecast rights of all international cricket matches played in India till 2010 & Neo Sports Plus the 24-hour sports entertainment television channel brings to life, action from sporting disciplines from all over the world.

Challenger Series Live from Ahmedabad exclusively on Neo Sports