# 1997–98 Coca-Cola Triangular Series

The 1997–98 Coca-Cola Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in May 1998. It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, India and Kenya. India defeated Kenya in the final to win the tournament.

## Squads
### India

* 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)

### Bangladesh

* 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

### Kenya

* 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

## 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 |

## Matches
### 1st ODI

* 14 May 1998 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh 184/9 (50 overs) | v | India 185/5 (45.2 overs) |
| Aminul Islam 70 (126) Ajit Agarkar 3/41 (8 overs) | | Ajay Jadeja 73 (101) Athar Ali Khan 2/33 (10 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: K. N. Raghavan (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind) Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* Mehrab Hossain, Morshed Ali Khan (Ban); Gagan Khoda and M. S. K. Prasad (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 17 May 1998 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 236 (49 overs) | v | Bangladesh 237/4 (48 overs) |
| Ravi Shah 52 (64) Mohammad Rafique 3/56 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Rafique 77 (87) Mohammad Sheikh 2/46 (10 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: C. R. Mohite (Ind) and S. K. Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Rafique (Ban)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ravi Shah (Ken) made his ODI debut.
* This was Bangladesh's first win in an ODI.

### 3rd ODI

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

### 4th ODI

* 23 May 1998 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 226/8 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 198 (46.2 overs) |
| Steve Tikolo 65 (75) Khaled Mahmud 2/20 (4 overs) | | Minhajul Abedin 45 (80) Thomas Odoyo 2/31 (7 overs) |
* Kenya won by 28 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Suresh Shastri (Ind) Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Ken)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* One over was lost in Bangladesh's innings due to a power failure.

### 5th ODI

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

### 6th ODI

* 28 May 1998 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 265/5 (50 overs) | v | India 196 (47.1 overs) |
| Maurice Odumbe 83 (91) Anil Kumble 2/27 (8 overs) | | Rahul Dravid 33 (53) Maurice Odumbe 3/14 (4.1 overs) |
* Kenya won by 69 runs Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (Ind) and Rajan Seth (Ind) Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Ken)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nikhil Chopra and Jatin Paranjpe (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
* This was Kenya's second win against a Test nation.

### Final

* 31 May 1998 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 196 (46.3 overs) | v | India 197/1 (35 overs) |
| Hitesh Modi 71 (93) Venkatesh Prasad 4/23 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 100* (103) Joseph Angara 1/37 (6 overs) |
* India won by 9 wickets Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and K. Parthasarathy (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.