1997–98 Coca-Cola Triangular Series

The 1997–98 Coca-Cola Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in May 1998.[1] It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, India and Kenya. India defeated Kenya in the final to win the tournament.[2]

1997–98 Coca-Cola Triangular Series
Date14–31 May 1998
LocationIndia
ResultIndia won the final by 9 wickets
Player of the series Steve Tikolo
Teams
 Bangladesh  India  Kenya
Captains
Akram Khan Mohammad Azharuddin Aasif Karim
Most runs
Aminul Islam (114) Ajay Jadeja (189) Ravindu Shah (213)
Most wickets
Khaled Mahmud (7)
Mohammad Rafique (7)		 Venkatesh Prasad (8)
Ajit Agarkar (8)		 Steve Tikolo (6)

Matches

1st ODI
14 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
184/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
185/5 (45.2 overs)
Aminul Islam 70 (126)
Ajit Agarkar 3/41 (8 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 73 (101)
Athar Ali Khan 2/33 (10 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: K. N. Raghavan (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

2nd ODI
17 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
236 (49 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
237/4 (48 overs)
Ravi Shah 52 (64)
Mohammad Rafique 3/56 (10 overs)
Mohammad Rafique 77 (87)
Mohammad Sheikh 2/46 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: C. R. Mohite (Ind) and S. K. Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Ban)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ravi Shah (Ken) made his ODI debut.
  • This was Bangladesh's first win in an ODI.[3]

3rd ODI
20 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
223/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
224/6 (47 overs)
Steve Tikolo 77 (92)
Robin Singh 2/24 (8 overs)
Gagan Khoda 89 (129)
Mohammad Sheikh 2/41 (7 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Aloke Bhattacharjee (Ind) and Devendra Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Gagan Khoda (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI
23 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
226/8 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
198 (46.2 overs)
Steve Tikolo 65 (75)
Khaled Mahmud 2/20 (4 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 45 (80)
Thomas Odoyo 2/31 (7 overs)
Kenya won by 28 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Ken)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
  • One over was lost in Bangladesh's innings due to a power failure.[4]

5th ODI
25 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
115 (36.3 overs)
v
 India
116/5 (29.2 overs)
Hasibul Hossain 21 (20)
Anil Kumble 3/17 (10 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 41 (52)
Khaled Mahmud 2/12 (7.2 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: R. T. Ramachandran (Ind) and B. K. Sadashiva (Ind)
Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI
28 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
265/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
196 (47.1 overs)
Maurice Odumbe 83 (91)
Anil Kumble 2/27 (8 overs)
Rahul Dravid 33 (53)
Maurice Odumbe 3/14 (4.1 overs)
Kenya won by 69 runs
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (Ind) and Rajan Seth (Ind)
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Ken)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nikhil Chopra and Jatin Paranjpe (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
  • This was Kenya's second win against a Test nation.[5]

Final
31 May 1998 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
196 (46.3 overs)
v
 India
197/1 (35 overs)
Hitesh Modi 71 (93)
Venkatesh Prasad 4/23 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 100* (103)
Joseph Angara 1/37 (6 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and K. Parthasarathy (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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References
  1. "Coca-Cola Triangular Series". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "Coca-Cola Cup (India), 1997-98". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "Bangladesh v Kenya 1997-1998". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. "Bangladesh v Kenya 1997-1998". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. "India v Kenya 1997-1998". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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