1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series

International cricket tournament September 2017 1997-98 Pepsi Triangular Series 1–14 April 1998 India Australia won the final by 4 wickets Ajay Jadeja (Ind) AUS IND ZIM Steve Waugh Mohammad Azharuddin Alistair Campbell Ricky Ponting 335 Ajay Jadeja 354 Grant Flower 283 Michael KasprowiczDamien Fleming 9 Ajit Agarkar 10 Heath Streak 6 The 1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in April 1998.http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/PTC/ Pepsi Triangular Cup in India 21 September 2017 ESPNcricinfo It was a tri-nation series between the Australia, India and Zimbabwe. Australia defeated India in the final to win the tournament.http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8558/scorecard/66143/India-vs-Australia-Final-pepsi-triangular-series/ Pepsi Triangular Series, 1997/98 21 September 2017 ESPNcricinfo Matches 1st ODI 1 April 1998 IND AUS 309/5 (50 overs) Ajay Jadeja 105* (109) Michael Kasprowicz 3/50 (10 overs) 268 (45.5 overs) Michael Bevan 65 (82) Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (10 overs) India won by 41 runs Scorecard Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 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 3 April 1998 AUS ZIM 252/7 (50 overs) Michael Bevan 65 (76) Heath Streak 2/48 (10 overs) 239 (49.5 overs) Alistair Campbell 102 (145) Damien Fleming 3/30 (10 overs) Australia won by 13 runs Scorecard Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Des Raj (Ind) and Borni Jamula (Ind) Alistair Campbell (Zim) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 3rd ODI 5 April 1998 IND ZIM 274/5 (50 overs) Sourav Ganguly 82 (129) Heath Streak 2/42 (10 overs) 261 (48.3 overs) Alistair Campbell 60 (69) Rahul Sanghvi 3/29 (8 overs) India won by 13 runs Scorecard Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Jasbir Singh (Ind) and GA Pratapkumar (Ind) Hrishikesh Kanitkar (Ind) Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field. zimbabwe were fined one over for slow over rate 4th ODI 7 April 1998 AUS IND 222/9 (50 overs) Ricky Ponting 84 (139) Ajit Agarkar 4/46 (10 overs) 223/4 (44.3 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 100 (89) Michael Kasprowicz 2/39 (10 overs) India won by 6 wickets Scorecard Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Chandra Sathe (Ind) and MR Singh (Ind) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 5th ODI 9 April 1998 IND ZIM 301/3 (50 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 153* (150) Pommie Mbangwa 2/47 (9 overs) 269 (48.4 overs) Grant Flower 102 (118) Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/26 (6.4 overs) India won by 32 runs Scorecard Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Narendra Menon (Ind) and R Nagarajan (Ind) Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) 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 11 April 1998 AUS ZIM 294/3 (50 overs) Ricky Ponting 145 (158) Guy Whittall 1/52 (5 overs) 278/9 (50 overs) Grant Flower 89 (125) Damien Fleming 2/39 (10 overs) Australia won by 16 runs Scorecard Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Sankara Dendapani (Ind) Ricky Ponting (Aus) 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).Shankar Ajay S. Zimbabwe wilt after Flowers wither http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980412/10250494.html 11 April 2020 The Indian Express 12 April 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20001002214209/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980412/10250494.html 2 October 2000 Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting's partnership of 219 runs was Australian record for second wicket in ODI. Final 14 April 1998 IND AUS 227 (49.3 overs) Ajay Jadeja 48 (49) Damien Fleming 3/47 (10 overs) 231/6 (48.4 overs) Michael Bevan 75* (127) Anil Kumble 2/36 (9.4 overs) Australia won by 4 wickets Scorecard Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Vijay Chopra (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Steve Waugh (Aus) India won the toss and elected to bat. Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) became the second player to score 8,000 runs in ODIs.Santhanam S. Australians laugh last but laugh the best http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980415/10550814.html 11 April 2020 The Indian Express 15 April 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20001002103333/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980415/10550814.html 2 October 2000 References External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo collapsed Category:International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000 Category:1998 in Indian cricket