The 1998 Nidahas Trophy, known as the Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket tournament staged in Sri Lanka between 19 June and 7 July 1998, to commemorate the 50 years of Sri Lanka's independence and Sri Lanka Cricket, known then as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, the governing body of cricket in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Dates | 19 June – 7 July |
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| Administrator(s) | Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Sri Lanka |
| Champions |  India (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Player of the series | Aravinda de Silva |
| Most runs | Aravinda de Silva (368) |
| Most wickets | Ajit Agarkar (12) |
The competition involved Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand. Each team played every other team three times, and the two teams with most points progressed to the final. The event was marred by rain, with five of the nine qualifying matches abandoned. Sri Lanka won three matches while India won one in the group stage, before India won the final beating the former by 6 runs.[2] Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva who scored 368 runs was named player of the series.[3]
Squads
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Round-robin
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | Pts | NRR |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +0.623 |
| India
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | +0.320 |
| New Zealand
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –1.429 |
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Matches
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Suresh Perera (SL) made his ODI debut.
- Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Niroshan Bandaratilleke made his ODI debut.
- Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- India was set a target of 147 in 25 overs, but rain stopped play at 20:20, four balls short of what was required for a result.
- Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.
25 June
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- No toss.
- The match was abandoned due to a waterlogged ground from overnight rain and heavy rain at 10:00 in the morning.
- Points: Sri Lanka 1, India 1.
27 June
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- No toss.
- The match was abandoned due to persistent rain.
- Points: Sri Lanka 1, New Zealand 1.
29 June
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- No toss.
- The match was abandoned after the umpires decided that the clearing the wet outfield that followed the rain would not be completed by 13:30 to play the required 25 overs per side to constitute a match.
- Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.
1 July
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The start was delayed by three hours due to rain, reducing the match to 36 overs per side.
- Points: Sri Lanka 2, India 0.
3 July
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Persistent rain after 31.1 overs into New Zealand's innings led to the abandonment of the match.
- Points: India 1, New Zealand 1.
5 July
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
Final
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (Ind) broke the record for highest partnership for the first wicket in ODIs (252 runs),[8] before the pair bettered it in 2001.[9]
- Sachin Tendulkar passed 7,000 runs in ODIs.[8] He equalled Desmond Haynes' (WI) record for most centuries in ODIs (17).[3]
- India won the 1998 Nidahas Trophy.
References
edit- ^ de Silva, A. C. (24 May 1998). "Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy commemorates two land marks". Daily News. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 FINAL - Sri Lanka VS India - Full Highlights (at Colombo)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
- ^ a b "Records in a tizzy as India lift Independence Cup". The Indian Express. 8 July 1998. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Suresh Perera new cap in Sri Lanka Team". Daily News. ESPN Cricinfo. 18 June 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (17 June 1998). ""Sri Lanka and New Zealand are tough opponents" - Gaekwad". Daily News. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Final, Sri Lanka v India 1997-1998". Wisden. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "India storm into final with 186-run win over Kenya". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
External links
edit- Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy at ESPN Cricinfo
- Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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