1998 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup

Silver jubilee independence cup 1998

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin followed by Best of three Final
Host(s)	Bangladesh[1]
Champions	India[1][2][3]
Participants	3
Matches played	6
Player of the series	Sachin Tendulkar[4]
Most runs	Saeed Anwar (315)[5]
Most wickets	Saqlain Mushtaq (13)[6]

The Silver Jubilee Independence Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during January 1998.^[1] The tournament was held as a celebration of 25 years of Bangladesh's independence and all the games were held at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1]India, Pakistan and the hosts Bangladesh were the participating teams in the tournament.

India were the winners of the tournament after beating Pakistan in the third final of the best of three finals. India successfully chased Pakistan's total of 314/5 in an exciting match which at that time was a world record for the highest successful run chase in One Day International cricket.^[1][7]Hrishikesh Kanitkar hit a four ( Video )when 3 runs were required off the last two balls to help India chase down the record target and lift the Silver Jubilee Independence Cup.^[8]

Saurav Ganguly was awarded player of the match for his amazing century in the third final, while Sachin Tendulkar was named the player of the series.^[4]

Tournament Format

The sides played each other in a round robin, meaning that each side play two matches. The top 2 teams at the end of the round-robin stage played each other in Best of Three Finals.

Squads

Bangladesh[9] Akram Khan(Captain) Aminul Islam Bulbul Khaled Masud Pilot Habibul Bashar Sumon Khaled Mahmud Sujan Hasibul Hossain Shanto Mohammad Rafique Javed Omar Golla Sanwar Hossain Shahriar Hossain Biddyut Hassanuzzaman Zakir Hossain Shariful Haq Plabon Shafiuddin Babu

India[10] Mohammad Azharuddin(Captain) Ajay Jadeja(Vice Captain) Saurav Ganguly Sachin Tendulkar Navjot Sidhu V.V.S.Laxman Hrishikesh Kanitkar Nayan Mongia Sairaj Bahutule Javagal Srinath Debashish Mohanty Robin Singh Rahul Sanghvi Harvinder Singh

Pakistan[11] Rashid Latif(Captain) Saeed Anwar(Vice Captain) Aamer Sohail Aaqib Javed Azhar Mahmood Fazl-e-Akbar Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Manzoor Akhtar Mohammad Hussain Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi Yousuf Youhana

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	NR	L	Pts	NRR
1	India	2	2	0	0	4	+0.326
2	Pakistan	2	1	0	1	2	+0.964
3	Bangladesh	2	0	0	2	0	−0.925

India and Pakistan progressed to the best of three finals after finishing in the top two of the points table

Fixtures and results

Group stage

1st match

10 January 1998 Scorecard

Bangladesh 190/10 (48 overs)	v	India 191/6 (46.2 overs)

India won by 4 wickets(with 10 balls remaining) Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka,Bangladesh Player of the match: Javagal Srinath (Ind)

• India won the toss and chose to field

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2nd match

11 January 1998 Scorecard

India 245/7 (37 overs)	v	Pakistan 227/9 (37 overs)

India won by 18 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka,Bangladesh Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and chose to field

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3rd match

12 January 1998 Scorecard

Bangladesh 134 allout (39.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 136/1 (24.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets(with 100 balls remaining) Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka,Bangladesh Player of the match: Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and chose to field

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Finals

1st final

14 January 1998 Scorecard

Pakistan  212/8 (46 overs)	v	India 213/2 (37.1 overs)
Saeed Anwar 38 (60) Sachin Tendulkar 3/45 (7 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 95 (78) Mushtaq Ahmed 1/48 (9 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

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2nd final

16 January 1998 Scorecard

India  189 (49.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 193/4 (31.3 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 66 (88) Mohammad Hussain 4/33 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 51 (40) Robin Singh 2/42 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Mohammad Hussain (Pak)

• India won the toss and chose to bat

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3rd final

18 January 1998 Scorecard

Pakistan  314/5 (48 overs)	v	India 316/7 (47.5 overs)
Saeed Anwar 140 (132) Harvinder Singh 3/74 (10 overs)		Sourav Ganguly 124 (138) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/66 (9.5 overs)

India won by 3 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

• India won the toss and chose to field
• World record for chasing down the highest total in an ODI.^[1][7]

Statistics

Batting

Most Runs

Player[5]	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50
Anwar, SaeedSaeed Anwar	5	315	78.75	100.96	140	1	2
Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin	5	284	71.00	77.17	100	1	2
Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar	5	258	51.60	112.17	95	0	3
Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly	5	242	48.40	79.60	124	1	1
Ahmed (cricketer), IjazIjaz Ahmed (cricketer)	5	209	69.66	94.57	117	1	0

Bowling

Player[6]	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI
Mushtaq, SaqlainSaqlain Mushtaq	5	13	17.61	5.61	4/41
Srinath, JavagalJavagal Srinath	5	11	18.36	4.59	5/23
Singh, HarvinderHarvinder Singh	4	8	21.75	6.21	3/47
Javed, AaqibAaqib Javed	5	7	28.14	5.34	2/27
Hussain, MohammadMohammad Hussain	2	5	14.60	3.65	4/33

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