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{{Infobox cricket series
|series= 1998 Coca Cola Triangular Series
|partof=
|image=
|caption=
|date= 14–31 May 1998
|place= India
|result= Won by [[Image:Flag of India.svg|22px]] [[India national cricket team|India]]
|player of series= [[Steve Tikolo]]
|team1= [[Image:Flag of India.svg|22px]] [[India national cricket team|India]]
|team2= [[Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|22px]] [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]]
|team3= [[Image:Flag of Kenya.svg|22px]] [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]]
|captain1= [[Mohammad Azharuddin]]
|captain2= [[Akram Khan (cricketer)|Akram Khan]]
|captain3= [[Aasif Karim]]
|runs1= [[Ajay Jadeja]] (189)
|runs2= [[Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968)|Aminul Islam]] (114)
|runs3= [[Ravi Shah]] (213)
|wickets1= [[Venkatesh Prasad]] (8)<br>[[Ajit Agarkar]] (8)
|wickets2= [[Khaled Mahmud]] (7)<br>[[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]] (7)
|wickets3= [[Steve Tikolo]] (6)
|previous=
|next=
}}
The '''Coca-Cola Triangular Series''' was the name of the [[One Day International]] [[cricket]] tournament in India held in 1998.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61027.html?template=fixtures Tournament Fixtures]</ref> It was a tri-nation series between [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]], [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]].

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

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:0 auto"
|-
!{{cr|IND}}
!{{cr|BAN}}
!{{cr|KEN}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
*[[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (captain)
*[[Rahul Dravid]]
*[[Sachin Tendulkar]]
*[[Sourav Ganguly]]
*[[Ajay Jadeja]]
*[[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]]
*[[Debasis Mohanty]]
*[[Anil Kumble]]
*[[Ajit Agarkar]]
*[[Venkatesh Prasad]]
*[[Nayan Mongia]] (wicket keeper)
*[[Rahul Sanghvi]]
*[[Hrishikesh Kanitkar]]
*[[Paras Mhambrey]]
*[[Nikhil Chopra]]
*[[Harbhajan Singh]]
*[[Gagan Khoda]]
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
*[[Jatin Paranjpe]]
*[[VVS Laxman]]
*[[Nilesh Kulkarni]]
*[[Saba Karim]] (wicket keeper)
*[[Mannava Prasad|MSK Prasad]] (wicket keeper)
|
*[[Akram Khan (cricketer)|Akram Khan]] remaining matches (captain)
*[[Khaled Mahmud]]
*[[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]]
*[[Athar Ali Khan]]
*[[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]]
*[[Hasibul Hossain]]
*[[Morshed Ali Khan]]
*[[Naimur Rahman]]
*[[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]]
*[[Khaled Mashud]] (wicket keeper)
*[[Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968)|Aminul Islam]] only for 1st match(captain)
*[[Minhajul Abedin]]
*[[Mehrab Hossain (cricketer, born 1978)|Mehrab Hossain]]
*[[Sanwar Hossain]]
|
*[[Aasif Karim]] (captain)
*[[Steve Tikolo]]
*[[Mohammad Sheikh]]
*[[Maurice Odumbe]]
*[[Martin Suji]]
*[[Joseph Angara]]
*[[Thomas Odoyo]]
*[[Ravi Shah]]
*[[Hitesh Modi]]
*[[Lameck Onyango]]
*[[Kennedy Otieno]] (wicket keeper)
*[[Dipak Chudasama]]
*[[Tony Suji]]
*[[Alpesh Vadher]]
|}

==Group stage points table==
India and Kenya advanced to the Finals on the basis of points.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=38% |Team
! width=7% |P
! width=7% |W
! width=7% |L
! width=7% |T
! width=8% |NR
! width=9% |NRR
! width=9% |Points<ref name="Results">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61027.html?view=pointstable Result Summary – Points Table]</ref>
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{cr|IND}}
|| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || +0.265 || 6
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{cr|KEN}}
|| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || +0.362 || 4
|- bgcolor=pink
|align=left| {{cr|BAN}}
|| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || −0.662 || 2
|}

==Match results==

===1st match===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 14 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 184/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 185/5 (45.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968)|Aminul Islam]] 70 (126)
| wickets1 = [[Ajit Agarkar|AB Agarkar]] 3/41 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ajay Jadeja|AD Jadeja]] 73 (101)
| wickets2 = [[Athar Ali Khan]] 2/33 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/india-vs-bangladesh-1st-match-66144/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| umpires = [[K. N. Raghavan|KN Raghavan]] and [[Ivaturi Shivram|I Shivram]]
| motm = [[Ajay Jadeja|AD Jadeja]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Mehrab Hossain (cricketer, born 1978)|Mehrab Hossain]] and [[Morshed Ali Khan]] (both BAN), and [[Gagan Khoda|GK Khoda]] and [[M. S. K. Prasad|MSK Prasad]] (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===2nd match===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 17 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}}
| score1 = 236 (49 overs)
| score2 = 237/4 (48 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| runs1 = [[Ravi Shah|RD Shah]] 52 (64)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammed Rafique]] 3/56 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammed Rafique]] 77 (87)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Sheikh|M Sheikh]] 2/46 (10 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/bangladesh-vs-kenya-2nd-match-66145/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| umpires = [[C. R. Mohite|CR Mohite]] and [[S. K. Sharma|SK Sharma]]
| motm = [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammed Rafique]] (BAN)
| toss = Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Ravi Shah|RD Shah]] (KEN) made his ODI debut.
*''This was Bangladesh's first ever ODI win.''
}}

===3rd match===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 20 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}}
| score1 = 223/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 224/6 (47 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Steve Tikolo|SO Tikolo]] 77 (92)
| wickets1 = [[Robin Singh (cricketer)|RR Singh]] 2/24 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Gagan Khoda|GK Khoda]] 89 (129)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Sheikh|M Sheikh]] 2/41 (7 overs)
| result = India won by 4 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/india-vs-kenya-3rd-match-66146/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bengaluru]]
| umpires = [[Aloke Bhattacharjee|A Bhattacharjee]] and [[Devendra Sharma (umpire)|D Sharma]]
| motm = [[Gagan Khoda|GK Khoda]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===4th match===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}}
| score1 = 226/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 198 (46.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| runs1 = [[Steve Tikolo|SO Tikolo]] 65 (75)
| wickets1 = [[Khaled Mahmud]] 2/20 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Minhajul Abedin]] 45 (80)
| wickets2 = [[Aasif Karim|AY Karim]] 2/28 (9 overs)
| result = Kenya won by 27 runs (revised target)
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/bangladesh-vs-kenya-4th-match-66147/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = [[Sudhir Asnani|S Asnani]] and [[Suresh Shastri|SL Shastri]]
| motm = [[Steve Tikolo|SO Tikolo]] (KEN)
| toss = Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = Bangladesh target was 226 runs in 49 overs.
| notes =
}}

===5th match===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 115 (36.3 overs)
| score2 = 116/5 (29.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Hasibul Hossain]] 21 (20)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble|A Kumble]] 3/17 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu|NS Sidhu]] 41 (52)
| wickets2 = [[Khaled Mahmud]] 2/12 (7.2 overs)
| result = India won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/india-vs-bangladesh-5th-match-66148/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[R. T. Ramachandran (umpire)|RT Ramachandran]] and [[B. K. Sadashiva|BK Sadashiva]]
| motm = [[Anil Kumble|A Kumble]] (IND)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===6th match===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}}
| score1 = 265/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 196 (47.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Maurice Odumbe|MO Odumbe]] 83 (91)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble|A Kumble]] 2/27 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rahul Dravid|RS Dravid]] 33 (53)
| wickets2 = [[Maurice Odumbe|MO Odumbe]] 3/14 (4.1 overs)
| result = Kenya won by 69 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/india-vs-kenya-6th-match-66149/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]], [[Gwalior]]
| umpires = [[Subrata Banerjee|S Banerjee]] and [[Rajan Seth|RK Seth]]
| motm = [[Maurice Odumbe|MO Odumbe]] (KEN)
| toss = Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Nikhil Chopra|N Chopra]] and [[Jatin Paranjpe|JV Paranjpe]] (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===Final===
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 31 May 1998
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KEN}}
| score1 = 196 (46.3 overs)
| score2 = 197/1 (35 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Hitesh Modi|HS Modi]] 71 (93)
| wickets1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad|BKV Prasad]] 4/23 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar|SR Tendulkar]] 100[[not out|*]] (103)
| wickets2 = [[Joseph Angara|JO Angara]] 1/37 (6 overs)
| result = India won by 9 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/coca-cola-triangular-series-1998-61027/india-vs-kenya-final-66150/full-scorecard (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| umpires = [[Arani Jayaprakash|AV Jayaprakash]] and [[K. Parthasarathy|K Parthasarathy]]
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar|SR Tendulkar]] (IND)
| toss = Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{International cricket tours of India}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coca-Cola Triangular Series, 1998}}
[[Category:1998 in cricket]]
[[Category:Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000]]
[[Category:1998 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:One Day International cricket competitions]]

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