Cricket series
| 1998–99 Pepsi Triangular Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19 March – 4 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Pakistan won the final by 123 runs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Sourav Ganguly (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998–99 Pepsi Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in March – April 1999. It was a tri-nation series between the India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pakistan defeated India in the final to win the tournament.
Matches
1st ODI
| 19 March 1999 Scorecard |
| Pakistan 246/9 (50 overs) |
v |  Sri Lanka237 (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) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Laxmi Ratan Shukla (Ind) and Hemantha Boteju (SL) made their ODI debuts.
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) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Sadagoppan Ramesh and Amay Khurasiya (both Ind) made their ODI debuts
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
- 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
- "Pepsi Cup in India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- "Pepsi Cup, 1998/99". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
External links
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