1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series
Appearance
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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
[edit]1st ODI
[edit] 1 April 1998
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- 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
[edit]3rd ODI
[edit] 5 April 1998
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- zimbabwe were fined one over for slow over rate
4th ODI
[edit]5th ODI
[edit] 9 April 1998
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- 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
[edit] 11 April 1998
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- 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
[edit] 14 April 1998
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) became the second player to score 8,000 runs in ODIs.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.