1998–99 Pepsi Cup

1998–99 Pepsi Triangular Series
Date19 March – 4 April 1999
LocationIndia
Result Pakistan won the final by 123 runs
Player of the seriesSourav Ganguly (Ind)
Teams
 India  Pakistan  Sri Lanka
Captains
Mohammad Azharuddin[n 1] Wasim Akram Arjuna Ranatunga
Most runs
Sourav Ganguly 278 Inzamam-ul-Haq 214 Mahela Jayawardene 191
Most wickets
Ajit Agarkar 8 Azhar Mahmood 12 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 10

The 1998–99 Pepsi Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in March – April 1999.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pakistan defeated India in the final to win the tournament.[2]

Matches

1st ODI

19 March 1999
Scorecard
Pakistan 
246/9 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
237 (49.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 72 (55)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 4/48 (10 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 81 (113)
Wasim Akram 3/34 (8.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 9 runs
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Umpires: Satish Gupta (Ind) and Borni Jamula (Ind)
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

22 March 1999
Scorecard
India 
287/4 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
207 (38 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 130* (160)
Chaminda Vaas 3/56 (10 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 46 (43)
Sourav Ganguly 4/21 (4 overs)
India won by 80 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: KS Giridharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

3rd ODI

24 March 1999
Scorecard
Pakistan 
278/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
135 (36.1 overs)
Saeed Anwar 95 (117)
Anil Kumble 4/53 (10 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 61 (95)
Arshad Khan 3/22 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 143 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Jasbir Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gyanendra Pandey (Ind) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

27 March 1999
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
253/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
241 (46.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 101 (138)
Azhar Mahmood 4/40 (10 overs)
Wasim Akram 79 (60)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/34 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 12 runs
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: SK Sharma (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind)
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Imran Nazir (Pak) made his ODI debut.

5th ODI

30 March 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
286/6 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
235 (45.5 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 103* (102)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2/38 (10 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 55 (78)
Ajit Agarkar 3/35 (8 overs)
India won by 51 runs
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Vinayak Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

6th ODI

1 April 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
196 (49.5 overs)
v
 Pakistan
197/3 (42 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 57 (90)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/49 (9.5 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 89* (129)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/27 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Virender Sehwag (Ind) made his ODI debut

Final

4 April 1999
Scorecard
Pakistan 
291/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
168 (42.1 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 91 (112)
Sourav Ganguly 2/35 (7 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 41 (62)
Azhar Mahmood 5/38 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 123 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

  1. ^ Mohammad Azharuddin was appointed captain of the Indian team side prior to the start of the series. However, he missed the last three matches with Ajay Jadeja captaining the side.

References

  1. ^ "Pepsi Cup in India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Pepsi Cup, 1998/99". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.