1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series

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1998 Coca Cola Triangular Series
Date14–31 May 1998
LocationIndia
ResultWon by Flag of India.svg India
Player of the series Steve Tikolo
Teams
Flag of India.svg India Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Flag of Kenya.svg 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.

Contents

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

Squads

Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Group stage points table

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

TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints [2]
Flag of India.svg  India 43100+0.2656
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 42200+0.3624
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 41300−0.6622

Match results

1st match

14 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
184/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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

17 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
236 (49 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  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

20 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
223/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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

23 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
226/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  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

25 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
115 (36.3 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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

28 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
265/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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

31 May 1998 (D/N)
(Scorecard)
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
196 (46.3 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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.

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