1998–99 Pepsi Cup

1998–99 Pepsi Triangular Series
Date	19 March – 4 April 1999
Location	India
Result	Pakistan won the final by 123 runs
Player of the series	Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

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 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)

• 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.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo