1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series
International cricket tournament
Cricket series
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Date | 1–14 April 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Australia won the final by 4 wickets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Ajay Jadeja (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in April 1998.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the Australia, India and Zimbabwe. Australia defeated India in the final to win the tournament.[2]
Matches
1st ODI
1 April 1998 Scorecard |
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India won by 41 runs Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ajit Agarkar (India) made his ODI debut.
- Australia were fined one over for slow over rate
2nd ODI
3 April 1998 Scorecard |
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Alistair Campbell 102 (145) Damien Fleming 3/30 (10 overs) |
Australia won by 13 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Des Raj (Ind) and Borni Jamula (Ind) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (Zim) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI
5 April 1998 Scorecard |
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Alistair Campbell 60 (69) Rahul Sanghvi 3/29 (8 overs) |
India won by 13 runs Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Jasbir Singh (Ind) and GA Pratapkumar (Ind) Player of the match: Hrishikesh Kanitkar (Ind) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- zimbabwe were fined one over for slow over rate
4th ODI
7 April 1998 Scorecard |
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India won by 6 wickets Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Chandra Sathe (Ind) and MR Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
5th ODI
9 April 1998 Scorecard |
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India won by 32 runs Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Narendra Menon (Ind) and R Nagarajan (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja's partnership of 275 runs was world record for any wicket in ODI.
6th ODI
11 April 1998 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 16 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Sankara Dendapani (Ind) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ricky Ponting played his 50th ODI. He equaled Dean Jones' record for the highest individual score by an Australia player in an ODI (145).[3]
- Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting's partnership of 219 runs was Australian record for second wicket in ODI.
Final
14 April 1998 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 4 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Vijay Chopra (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Steve Waugh (Aus) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) became the second player to score 8,000 runs in ODIs.[4]
References
- ^ "Pepsi Triangular Cup in India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Pepsi Triangular Series, 1997/98". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Shankar, Ajay S. (12 April 1998). "Zimbabwe wilt after Flowers wither". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Santhanam, S. (15 April 1998). "Australians laugh last but laugh the best". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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