1998-99 Champions Trophy

The 1998–99 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 6 to 13 November 1998.[1] It featured the national cricket teams of India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Its official sponsor was Coca-Cola. The tournament was won by Iindia, who defeated Zimbabwe in the final.

1998-99 Champions Trophy
Date	6-13 November 1998
Location	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Result	Won by India
Player of the series	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
Teams  India  Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe Captains Mohammad Azharuddin Arjuna Ranatunga Alistair Campbell Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (274) Mohammad Azharuddin (148) Aravinda de Silva (110) Marvan Atapattu (98) Andy Flower (161) Grant Flower (140) Most wickets Javagal Srinath (8) Sunil Joshi (8) Pramodya Wickramasinghe (5) Chaminda Vaas (5) Paul Strang (7) Henry Olonga (4)

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts[2]
India	4	3	1	0	0	+0.579	6
Zimbabwe	4	3	1	0	0	+0.068	6
Sri Lanka	4	0	4	0	0	−0.65	0

Group Stage

1st ODI

6 November (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  245/7 (50 overs)	v	India 248/7 (49.1 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 64 (93) Anil Kumble 2/39 (10 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 94 (131) Chaminda Vaas 2/19 (8 overs)

India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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2nd ODI

7 November (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  196 (49.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 197/3 (46.1 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 55 (68) Craig Evans 3/11 (3 overs)		Grant Flower 87* (127) Nuwan Zoysa 1/33 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Eddo Brandes (ZIM)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

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3rd ODI

8 November (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  196 (49.5 overs)	v	India 197/3 (40.4 overs)
Heath Streak 59 (71) Nikhil Chopra 2/21 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 118* (112) Paul Strang 3/32 (10 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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4th ODI

9 November (D/N) Scorecard

India  179 (49.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 98 (39 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 64 (117) Kumar Dharmasena 3/31 (9 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 29 (67) Sunil Joshi 3/17 (10 overs)

India won by 81 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (IND)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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5th ODI

10 November (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  259/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 235 (48.5 overs)
Andy Flower 95 (109) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/28 (10 overs)		Hashan Tillakaratne 72* (83) Paul Strang 4/32 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 24 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Paul Strang (ZIM)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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6th ODI

11 November (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  205/7 (50 overs)	v	India 192 (47.4 overs)
Alistair Campbell 83* (110) Sunil Joshi 2/43 (9 overs)		Robin Singh 49* (75) Henry Olonga 4/46 (8 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 13 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Javed Akhtar (PAK) Player of the match: Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

Final

13 November (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  196/9 (50 overs)	v	India 197/0 (30 overs)
Paul Strang 46 (91) Javagal Srinath 3/40 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 124* (92)

India won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to bowl.
• India won the 1998–99 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy

References

1. Fixtures
2. "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo.