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1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series

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1998 Coca Cola Triangular Series
Date14–31 May 1998
LocationIndia
ResultWon by India
Player of the seriesSteve Tikolo
Teams
India Bangladesh Kenya
Captains
Mohammad Azharuddin Akram Khan Aasif Karim
Most runs
Ajay Jadeja (189) Aminul Islam (114) Ravi Shah (213)
Most wickets
Venkatesh Prasad (8)
Ajit Agarkar (8)
Khaled Mahmud (7)
Mohammad Rafique (7)
Steve Tikolo (6)

The Coca-Cola Triangular Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in India held in 1998.[1] It was a tri-nation series between Kenya, India and Bangladesh.

India and Kenya reached the finals through a round robin league format. India beat Kenya in the Finals to clinch the trophy.

Squads

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 India  Bangladesh  Kenya

Group stage points table

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India and Kenya advanced to the Finals on the basis of points.

Team P W L T NR NRR Points[2]
 India 4 3 1 0 0 +0.265 6
 Kenya 4 2 2 0 0 +0.362 4
 Bangladesh 4 1 3 0 0 −0.662 2

Match results

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1st match

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14 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Bangladesh 
184/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
185/5 (45.2 overs)
Aminul Islam 70 (126)
AB Agarkar 3/41 (8 overs)
AD Jadeja 73 (101)
Athar Ali Khan 2/33 (10 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: KN Raghavan and I Shivram
Player of the match: AD Jadeja (IND)

2nd match

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17 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya 
236 (49 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
237/4 (48 overs)
RD Shah 52 (64)
Mohammed Rafique 3/56 (10 overs)
Mohammed Rafique 77 (87)
M Sheikh 2/46 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: CR Mohite and SK Sharma
Player of the match: Mohammed Rafique (BAN)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
  • RD Shah (KEN) made his ODI debut.
  • This was Bangladesh's first ever ODI win.

3rd match

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20 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya 
223/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
224/6 (47 overs)
SO Tikolo 77 (92)
RR Singh 2/24 (8 overs)
GK Khoda 89 (129)
M Sheikh 2/41 (7 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: A Bhattacharjee and D Sharma
Player of the match: GK Khoda (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th match

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23 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya 
226/8 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
198 (46.2 overs)
SO Tikolo 65 (75)
Khaled Mahmud 2/20 (4 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 45 (80)
AY Karim 2/28 (9 overs)
Kenya won by 27 runs (revised target)
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: S Asnani and SL Shastri
Player of the match: SO Tikolo (KEN)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bangladesh target was 226 runs in 49 overs.

5th match

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25 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Bangladesh 
115 (36.3 overs)
v
 India
116/5 (29.2 overs)
Hasibul Hossain 21 (20)
A Kumble 3/17 (10 overs)
NS Sidhu 41 (52)
Khaled Mahmud 2/12 (7.2 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: RT Ramachandran and BK Sadashiva
Player of the match: A Kumble (IND)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

6th match

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28 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya 
265/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
196 (47.1 overs)
MO Odumbe 83 (91)
A Kumble 2/27 (8 overs)
RS Dravid 33 (53)
MO Odumbe 3/14 (4.1 overs)
Kenya won by 69 runs
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: S Banerjee and RK Seth
Player of the match: MO Odumbe (KEN)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
  • N Chopra and JV Paranjpe (both IND) made their ODI debuts.

Final

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31 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya 
196 (46.3 overs)
v
 India
197/1 (35 overs)
HS Modi 71 (93)
BKV Prasad 4/23 (10 overs)
SR Tendulkar 100* (103)
JO Angara 1/37 (6 overs)
India won by 9 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: AV Jayaprakash and K Parthasarathy
Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (IND)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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