# 1998-99 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy

The 1998–99 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 6 to 13 November 1998. It featured the national cricket teams of India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Its official sponsor was Coca-Cola. The tournament was won by India, who defeated Zimbabwe in the final.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.579 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.068 | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.65 | 0 |

## Group stage
### 1st ODI

* 6 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 245/7 (50 overs) | v | India 248/7 (49.1 overs) |
| Marvan Atapattu 64 (93) Anil Kumble 2/39 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Azharuddin 94 (131) Chaminda Vaas 2/19 (8 overs) |
* India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 7 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 196 (49.4 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 197/3 (46.1 overs) |
| Aravinda de Silva 55 (68) Craig Evans 3/11 (3 overs) | | Grant Flower 87* (127) Nuwan Zoysa 1/33 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and Dave Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Eddo Brandes (ZIM)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 8 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 196 (49.5 overs) | v | India 197/3 (40.4 overs) |
| Heath Streak 59 (71) Nikhil Chopra 2/21 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 118* (112) Paul Strang 3/32 (10 overs) |
* India won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and Dave Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 9 November (D/N) Scorecard
| India 179 (49.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 98 (39 overs) |
| Ajay Jadeja 64 (117) Kumar Dharmasena 3/31 (9 overs) | | Aravinda de Silva 29 (67) Sunil Joshi 3/17 (10 overs) |
* India won by 81 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (IND)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 10 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 259/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 235 (48.5 overs) |
| Andy Flower 95 (109) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/28 (10 overs) | | Hashan Tillakaratne 72* (83) Paul Strang 4/32 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 24 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and Dave Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Paul Strang (ZIM)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 6th ODI

* 11 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 205/7 (50 overs) | v | India 192 (47.4 overs) |
| Alistair Campbell 83* (110) Sunil Joshi 2/43 (9 overs) | | Robin Singh 49* (75) Henry Olonga 4/46 (8 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 13 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Javed Akhtar (PAK) Player of the match: Henry Olonga (Zim)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 13 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 196/9 (50 overs) | v | India 197/0 (30 overs) |
| Paul Strang 46 (91) Javagal Srinath 3/40 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 124* (92) |
* India won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Dave Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to bowl.
* India won the 1998–99 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy