1998 Nidahas Trophy

International cricket tournament 1998 Nidahas Trophy 19 June 7 July Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) One Day International Round-robin and Knockout SL IND SL 1 3 10 SL Aravinda de Silva SL Aravinda de Silva (368) IND Ajit Agarkar (12) 2018 2018 Nidahas Trophy The 1998 Nidahas Trophy, known as the Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket tournament staged in Sri Lanka between 19 June and 7 July 1998, to commemorate the 50 years of Sri Lanka's independence and Sri Lanka Cricket, known then as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, the governing body of cricket in Sri Lanka.de Silva A. C. Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy commemorates two land marks http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/SANT/ARTICLES/SANT_PREVIEW_23MAY1998.html 13 August 2017 Daily News ESPN Cricinfo 24 May 1998 The competition involved Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand. Each team played every other team three times, and the two teams with most points progressed to the final. The event was marred by rain, with five of the nine qualifying matches abandoned. Sri Lanka won three matches while India won one in the group stage, before India won the final beating the former by 6 runs. live https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Nv2L402e06w 2021-12-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2L402e06w Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 FINAL - Sri Lanka VS India - Full Highlights (at Colombo) YouTube Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva who scored 368 runs was named player of the series.Records in a tizzy as India lift Independence Cup http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/40865/ 16 March 2018 The Indian Express 8 July 1998 Squads SLSuresh Perera new cap in Sri Lanka Team http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/SANT/ARTICLES/SANT_SL-SQUAD_18JUN1998.html Daily News ESPN Cricinfo 18 June 1998 14 August 2017INDThawfeeq Sa'adi "Sri Lanka and New Zealand are tough opponents" - Gaekwad http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/SANT/ARTICLES/GAEKWAD_SANT_THOUGHTS_17JUN1998.html 14 August 2017 Daily News ESPN Cricinfo 17 June 1998NZNew Zealand Squad http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/SANT/SANT_JUN-JUL1998_NZ-SQUAD.html ESPN Cricinfo 14 August 2017 Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Aravinda de Silva Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) Marvan Atapattu Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Roshan Mahanama Kumar Dharmasena Muttiah Muralitharan Pramodya Wickramasinghe Suresh Perera Avishka Gunawardene Niroshan Bandaratilleke Upul Chandana Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Ajay Jadeja (vc) Ajit Agarkar Sourav Ganguly Harbhajan Singh Hrishikesh Kanitkar Gagan Khoda Anil Kumble Debashish Mohanty Nayan Mongia (wk) Venkatesh Prasad Rahul Sanghvi Robin Singh Sachin Tendulkar Stephen Fleming (c) Craig Spearman Nathan Astle Bryan Young Craig McMillan Chris Harris Dion Nash Paul Wiseman Adam Parore (wk) Matt Horne Shayne O'Connor Daniel Vettori Chris Cairns Mark Priest Round-robin TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostNR No resultT TiedPts PointsNRR Net run rateSL 6 3 1 2 0 8 +0.623IND 6 1 1 4 0 6 +0.320NZ 6 0 2 4 0 4 –1.429Source: ESPN CricinfoPoints Table http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/SANT/SANT_JUN-JUL1998_TABLE.html ESPN Cricinfo 14 August 2017 Matches 19 June yes SL IND 243/6 (50 overs) Aravinda de Silva 97 (119) Ajit Agarkar 2/38 (9 overs) 246/2 (43.4 overs) Sourav Ganguly 80 (114) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/48 (10 overs) India won by 8 wickets Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo K. T. Francis (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL) Sourav Ganguly (Ind) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Suresh Perera (SL) made his ODI debut. Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0. 21 June yes NZ SL 200/9 (50 overs) Bryan Young 55 (52) Upul Chandana 3/24 (7 overs) 201/3 (40 overs) Marvan Atapattu 83* (118) Nathan Astle 1/2 (3 overs) Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo B. C. Cooray (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (SL) Marvan Atapattu (SL) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Niroshan Bandaratilleke made his ODI debut. Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0. 23 June yes NZ IND 219/8 (50 overs) Nathan Astle 81 (119) Ajit Agarkar 3/52 (9 overs) 131/2 (24.2 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 53* (53) Chris Cairns 1/36 (5 overs) No result Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo K. T. Francis (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) India won the toss and elected to field. India was set a target of 147 in 25 overs, but rain stopped play at 20:20, four balls short of what was required for a result. Points: India 1, New Zealand 1. 25 June SL IND No result Scorecard Galle International Stadium, Galle Peter Manuel (SL) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (SL) No toss. The match was abandoned due to a waterlogged ground from overnight rain and heavy rain at 10:00 in the morning. Points: Sri Lanka 1, India 1. 27 June SL NZ No result Scorecard Galle International Stadium, Galle K. T. Francis (SL) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (SL) No toss. The match was abandoned due to persistent rain. Points: Sri Lanka 1, New Zealand 1. 29 June IND NZ No result Scorecard Galle International Stadium, Galle Ignatius Anandappa (SL) and B. C. Cooray (SL) No toss. The match was abandoned after the umpires decided that the clearing the wet outfield that followed the rain would not be completed by 13:30 to play the required 25 overs per side to constitute a match. Points: India 1, New Zealand 1. 1 July SL IND 171/8 (36 overs) Aravinda de Silva 62 (86) Ajit Agarkar 3/38 (7 overs) 163 (35.3 overs) Robin Singh 50 (74) Sanath Jayasuriya 4/18 (5.4 overs) Sri Lanka won by 8 runs Scorecard Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Ignatius Anandappa (SL) and B. C. Cooray (SL) Aravinda de Silva (SL) India won the toss and elected to field. The start was delayed by three hours due to rain, reducing the match to 36 overs per side. Points: Sri Lanka 2, India 0. 3 July NZ IND 128/5 (31.1 overs) Craig McMillan 26 (39) Harbhajan Singh 2/26 (8 overs) No result Scorecard Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo B. C. Cooray (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (SL) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Persistent rain after 31.1 overs into New Zealand's innings led to the abandonment of the match. Points: India 1, New Zealand 1. 5 July SL NZ 293/4 (50 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 102 (98) Chris Harris 2/44 (10 overs) 206 (39.1 overs) Nathan Astle 74 (76) Sanath Jayasuriya 3/28 (8 overs) Sri Lanka won by 87 runs Scorecard Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Peter Manuel (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0. Final 7 July yes IND SL 307/6 (50 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 128 (131) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/42 (9 overs) 301 (49.3 overs) Aravinda de Silva 105 (94) Ajit Agarkar 4/53 (10 overs) India won by 6 runs Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo K. T. Francis (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (Ind) broke the record for highest partnership for the first wicket in ODIs (252 runs),Final, Sri Lanka v India 1997-1998 http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151483.html 15 August 2017 Wisden ESPN Cricinfo before the pair bettered it in 2001.India storm into final with 186-run win over Kenya http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/109309.html ESPN Cricinfo 15 August 2017 Sachin Tendulkar passed 7,000 runs in ODIs. He equalled Desmond Haynes' (WI) record for most centuries in ODIs (17). India won the 1998 Nidahas Trophy. References External links Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy at ESPN Cricinfo cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Singer-Akai_Nidahas_Trophy_1998.html Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 Category:1998 in Sri Lankan cricket Category:International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000 Category:International sports competitions hosted by Sri Lanka Category:Long stubs with short prose