# 1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series

The Coca-Cola Triangular Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in India held in 1998. It was a tri-nation series between Kenya, India and Bangladesh.
India and Kenya reached the finals through a round robin league format. India beat Kenya in the Finals to clinch the trophy.

## Squads

| India | Bangladesh | Kenya |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (captain) Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly Ajay Jadeja 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) MSK Prasad (wicket keeper) | Akram Khan remaining matches (captain) Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique Athar Ali Khan Enamul Haque Hasibul Hossain Morshed Ali Khan Naimur Rahman Anisur Rahman Khaled Mashud (wicket keeper) Aminul Islam only for 1st match(captain) Minhajul Abedin 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.
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.265 | 6 |
| Kenya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.362 | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.662 | 2 |

## Match results
### 1st match

* 14 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Bangladesh 184/9 (50 overs) | v | India 185/5 (45.2 overs) |
| Aminul Islam 70 (126) AB Agarkar 3/41 (8 overs) | | AD Jadeja 73 (101) Athar Ali Khan 2/33 (10 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: KN Raghavan and I Shivram Player of the match: AD Jadeja (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* Mehrab Hossain and Morshed Ali Khan (both BAN), and GK Khoda and MSK Prasad (both IND) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd match

* 17 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Kenya 236 (49 overs) | v | Bangladesh 237/4 (48 overs) |
| RD Shah 52 (64) Mohammed Rafique 3/56 (10 overs) | | Mohammed Rafique 77 (87) M Sheikh 2/46 (10 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: CR Mohite and SK Sharma Player of the match: Mohammed Rafique (BAN)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* RD Shah (KEN) made his ODI debut.
* This was Bangladesh's first ever ODI win.

### 3rd match

* 20 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Kenya 223/9 (50 overs) | v | India 224/6 (47 overs) |
| SO Tikolo 77 (92) RR Singh 2/24 (8 overs) | | GK Khoda 89 (129) M Sheikh 2/41 (7 overs) |
* India won by 4 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: A Bhattacharjee and D Sharma Player of the match: GK Khoda (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th match

* 23 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Kenya 226/8 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 198 (46.2 overs) |
| SO Tikolo 65 (75) Khaled Mahmud 2/20 (4 overs) | | Minhajul Abedin 45 (80) AY Karim 2/28 (9 overs) |
* Kenya won by 27 runs (revised target) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: S Asnani and SL Shastri Player of the match: SO Tikolo (KEN)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bangladesh target was 226 runs in 49 overs.

### 5th match

* 25 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Bangladesh 115 (36.3 overs) | v | India 116/5 (29.2 overs) |
| Hasibul Hossain 21 (20) A Kumble 3/17 (10 overs) | | NS Sidhu 41 (52) Khaled Mahmud 2/12 (7.2 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: RT Ramachandran and BK Sadashiva Player of the match: A Kumble (IND)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### 6th match

* 28 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Kenya 265/5 (50 overs) | v | India 196 (47.1 overs) |
| MO Odumbe 83 (91) A Kumble 2/27 (8 overs) | | RS Dravid 33 (53) MO Odumbe 3/14 (4.1 overs) |
* Kenya won by 69 runs Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: S Banerjee and RK Seth Player of the match: MO Odumbe (KEN)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* N Chopra and JV Paranjpe (both IND) made their ODI debuts.

### Final

* 31 May 1998 (D/N) (Scorecard)
| Kenya 196 (46.3 overs) | v | India 197/1 (35 overs) |
| HS Modi 71 (93) BKV Prasad 4/23 (10 overs) | | SR Tendulkar 100* (103) JO Angara 1/37 (6 overs) |
* India won by 9 wickets (with 90 balls remaining) Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: AV Jayaprakash and K Parthasarathy Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (IND)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.