Nidahas Trophy

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Nidahas Trophy
Administrator Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
Format ODI , T20I
First edition 1998 (Sri Lanka)
Latest edition 2018 (Sri Lanka)
Next editionTBA
Tournament format Double round-robin and Final
Number of teamsFlag of India.svg  India
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Current championFlag of India.svg  India (2nd title)
Most successfulFlag of India.svg  India (2 titles)
Most runs Flag of India.svg Sachin Tendulkar (263) (ODI)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kusal Perera (204) (T20I) [1]
Most wickets Flag of India.svg Ajit Agarkar (12) (ODI)
Flag of India.svg Washington Sundar , Yuzvendra Chahal (8) (T20I)

Nidahas Trophy is an international cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka. The tournament is held to celebrate the independence of the Asian island country Sri Lanka. [2] The tournament is not a regular event in the calendar with the previous tournaments having a gap of 20 years in between. [3] Each of the three participating teams play each other twice and the top two progress to the final. In March 2017 Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the 2018 tournament would be played in the newer and shorter T20I format with Bangladesh entering the tournament, replacing the only Non-Asian team in the triple-nation New Zealand.

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Tournament history

Both the tournaments have been won by India, defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the 1998 tournament and Bangladesh in the final of the 2018 tournament.

YearFormatHost(s)Final venueResult
WinnerMarginRunner-up
1998 ODIFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Colombo Flag of India.svg  India
307/6 (50 overs)
India won by 6 runs
Scorecard
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
301 all out (49.3 overs)
2018 T20IFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Colombo Flag of India.svg  India
168/6 (20 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Scorecard
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
166/8 (20 overs)

Results summary

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past Nidahas Trophy tournaments. [4] [5]

TeamAppearancesBest resultStatistics
TotalFirstLatestPlayedWonLostTieNRWin%
Flag of India.svg  India 2 1998 2018 Champions(1998, 2018)12620466.67%
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2 1998 2018 Runners-up(1998)11450245.45%
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1 2018 2018 Runners-up(2018)5230040.00%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1 1998 1998 Group Stage (1998)6020433.33%

Teams Performances

Team \ Host 1998
(3) [6]
2018
(3) [7]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg [8]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2nd
Flag of India.svg  India 1st1st
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Group Stage
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2ndGroup Stage

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
1998 [9] Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand, Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3
2018 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [10] 1

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