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1997-98 Pepsi Triangular Series
1997-98 Pepsi Triangular Series
Date	1–14 April 1998
Location	India
Result	Australia won the final by 4 wickets
Player of the series	Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
Australia
Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Steve Waugh	Mohammad Azharuddin
Most runs
Ricky Ponting 335	Ajay Jadeja 354
Most wickets
Michael Kasprowicz; Damien Fleming 9	Ajit Agarkar 10
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The 1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in April 1998.^[1] It was a tri-nation series between the Australia, India and Zimbabwe. Australia defeated India in the final to win the tournament.^[2]

Matches

1st ODI

1 April 1998
Scorecard

India 309/5 (50 overs)	v	Australia 268 (45.5 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 105* (109) Michael Kasprowicz 3/50 (10 overs)		Michael Bevan 65 (82) Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (10 overs)

India won by 41 runs
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard

Australia 252/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 239 (49.5 overs)
Michael Bevan 65 (76) Heath Streak 2/48 (10 overs)		Alistair Campbell 102 (145) Damien Fleming 3/30 (10 overs)

Australia won by 13 runs
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Des Raj (Ind) and Borni Jamula (Ind)
Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (Zim)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

5 April 1998
Scorecard

India 274/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 261 (48.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 82 (129) Heath Streak 2/42 (10 overs)		Alistair Campbell 60 (69) Rahul Sanghvi 3/29 (8 overs)

India won by 13 runs
Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Jasbir Singh (Ind) and GA Pratapkumar (Ind)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard

Australia 222/9 (50 overs)	v	India 223/4 (44.3 overs)
Ricky Ponting 84 (139) Ajit Agarkar 4/46 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 100 (89) Michael Kasprowicz 2/39 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Chandra Sathe (Ind) and MR Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

9 April 1998
Scorecard

India 301/3 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 269 (48.4 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 153* (150) Pommie Mbangwa 2/47 (9 overs)		Grant Flower 102 (118) Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/26 (6.4 overs)

India won by 32 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Narendra Menon (Ind) and R Nagarajan (Ind)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard

Australia 294/3 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 278/9 (50 overs)
Ricky Ponting 145 (158) Guy Whittall 1/52 (5 overs)		Grant Flower 89 (125) Damien Fleming 2/39 (10 overs)

Australia won by 16 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Sankara Dendapani (Ind)
Player of the match: 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).^[3]
Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting's partnership of 219 runs was Australian record for second wicket in ODI.

Final

14 April 1998
Scorecard

India 227 (49.3 overs)	v	Australia 231/6 (48.4 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 48 (49) Damien Fleming 3/47 (10 overs)		Michael Bevan 75* (127) Anil Kumble 2/36 (9.4 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Vijay Chopra (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: 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.^[4]

References

^ "Pepsi Triangular Cup in India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "Pepsi Triangular Series, 1997/98". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ Shankar, Ajay S. (12 April 1998). "Zimbabwe wilt after Flowers wither". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Santhanam, S. (15 April 1998). "Australians laugh last but laugh the best". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 11 April 2020.