1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series

The Coca-Cola Triangular Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in India held in 1998.[1] It was a tri-nation series between Kenya, India and Bangladesh.

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

India and Kenya reached the finals through a round robin league format. India beat Kenya in the Finals to clinch the trophy.

Squads

India

Bangladesh

Kenya

Group stage points table

India and Kenya advanced to the Finals on the basis of points.

Team P W L T NR NRR Points[2]
 India 43100+0.2656
 Kenya 42200+0.3624
 Bangladesh 41300−0.6622

Match results

1st match
13 May
(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
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram & KN Raghavan
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (India)
  • India won the toss and elected to field

2nd match
16 May
(Scorecard)
Kenya 
236 (49 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
237/4 (48 overs)
Ravi Shah 52 (64)
Mohammed Rafique 3/56 (10 overs)
Mohammed Rafique 77 (87)
Mohammad Sheikh 2/46 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India
Umpires: CR Mohite & SK Sharma
Player of the match: Mohammed Rafique (Bangladesh)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat
  • Bangladesh's first ever ODI win

3rd match
19 May
(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, Bengaluru, India
Umpires: Aloke Bhattacharjee & Devendra Sharma
Player of the match: Gagan Khoda (India)
  • India won the toss and elected to field

4th match

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6th match
28 May
(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
Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee & Rajan Seth
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)

Final
31 May
(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 (with 90 balls remaining)
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: AV Jayaprakash & K Parthasarathy
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat

References
  1. Tournament Fixtures
  2. Result Summary – Points Table
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