1998–99 Pepsi Cup

1998–99 Pepsi Triangular Series
Date	19 March – 4 April 1999
Location	India
Result	Pakistan won the final by 123 runs
Player of the series	Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
Teams India Pakistan Sri Lanka Captains Mohammad Azharuddin Wasim Akram Arjuna Ranatunga Most runs Sourav Ganguly 278 Inzamam-ul-Haq 214 Mahela Jayawardene 191 Most wickets Ajit Agarkar 8 Azhar Mahmood 12 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 10

The 1998–99 Pepsi Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in March – April 1999. It was a tri-nation series between the India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pakistan defeated India in the final to win the tournament.

Matches

1st ODI

19 March 1999 Scorecard

Pakistan 246/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 237 (49.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 72 (55) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 4/48 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 81 (113) Wasim Akram 3/34 (8.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Satish Gupta (Ind) and Borni Jamula (Ind) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

22 March 1999 Scorecard

India 287/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 207 (38 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 130* (160) Chaminda Vaas 3/56 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 46 (43) Sourav Ganguly 4/21 (4 overs)

India won by 80 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: KS Giridharan (Ind) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Laxmi Ratan Shukla (Ind) and Hemantha Boteju (SL) made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

24 March 1999 Scorecard

Pakistan 278/9 (50 overs)	v	India 135 (36.1 overs)
Saeed Anwar 95 (117) Anil Kumble 4/53 (10 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 61 (95) Arshad Khan 3/22 (7 overs)

Pakistan won by 143 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Jasbir Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gyanendra Pandey (Ind) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

27 March 1999 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 253/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 241 (46.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 101 (138) Azhar Mahmood 4/40 (10 overs)		Wasim Akram 79 (60) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/34 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 12 runs Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: SK Sharma (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Imran Nazir (Pak) made his ODI debut.

5th ODI

30 March 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

India 286/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 235 (45.5 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 103* (102) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2/38 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 55 (78) Ajit Agarkar 3/35 (8 overs)

India won by 51 runs Nehru Stadium, Pune Umpires: Vinayak Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Sadagoppan Ramesh and Amay Khurasiya (both Ind) made their ODI debuts

6th ODI

1 April 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

India 196 (49.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 197/3 (42 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 57 (90) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/49 (9.5 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 89* (129) Venkatesh Prasad 3/27 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Virender Sehwag (Ind) made his ODI debut

Final

4 April 1999 Scorecard

Pakistan 291/8 (50 overs)	v	India 168 (42.1 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 91 (112) Sourav Ganguly 2/35 (7 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 41 (62) Azhar Mahmood 5/38 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 123 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo