1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series (original) (raw)
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Cricket series
| 1998 Coca Cola Triangular Series | |
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| Date | 14–31 May 1998 |
| Location | India |
| Result | Won by  India |
| Player of the series | Steve Tikolo |
Teams India  Bangladesh  KenyaCaptainsMohammad Azharuddin Akram Khan Aasif KarimMost runsAjay Jadeja (189) Aminul Islam (114) Ravi Shah (213)Most wicketsVenkatesh Prasad (8)Ajit Agarkar (8) Khaled Mahmud (7)Mohammad Rafique (7) Steve Tikolo (6) |
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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.
 India |
 Bangladesh |
 Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Azharuddin (captain) Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly Ajay Jadeja Robin Singh Debasis Mohanty Anil Kumble Ajit Agarkar Venkatesh Prasad Nayan Mongia (wicket keeper) Rahul Sanghvi Hrishikesh Kanitkar Paras Mhambrey Nikhil Chopra Harbhajan Singh Gagan Khoda Navjot Singh Sidhu Jatin Paranjpe VVS Laxman Nilesh Kulkarni Saba Karim (wicket keeper) MSK Prasad (wicket keeper) | Akram Khan remaining matches (captain) Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique Athar Ali Khan Enamul Haque Hasibul Hossain Morshed Ali Khan Naimur Rahman Anisur Rahman Khaled Mashud (wicket keeper) Aminul Islam only for 1st match(captain) Minhajul Abedin Mehrab Hossain Sanwar Hossain | Aasif Karim (captain) Steve Tikolo Mohammad Sheikh Maurice Odumbe Martin Suji Joseph Angara Thomas Odoyo Ravi Shah Hitesh Modi Lameck Onyango Kennedy Otieno (wicket keeper) Dipak Chudasama Tony Suji Alpesh Vadher |
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 |
India won the toss and elected to field.
Mehrab Hossain and Morshed Ali Khan (both BAN), and GK Khoda and MSK Prasad (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
RD Shah (KEN) made his ODI debut.
This was Bangladesh's first ever ODI win.
India won the toss and elected to field.
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
Bangladesh target was 226 runs in 49 overs.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
N Chopra and JV Paranjpe (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.