# 1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series

The 1997–98 Pepsi Triangular Series was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India in April 1998. It was a tri-nation series between the Australia, India and Zimbabwe. Australia defeated India in the final to win the tournament.

## Matches
### 1st ODI

* 1 April 1998 Scorecard
| India 309/5 (50 overs) | v | Australia 268 (45.5 overs) |
| Ajay Jadeja 105* (109) Michael Kasprowicz 3/50 (10 overs) | | Michael Bevan 65 (82) Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (10 overs) |
* India won by 41 runs Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ajit Agarkar (India) made his ODI debut.
* Australia were fined one over for slow over rate

### 2nd ODI

* 3 April 1998 Scorecard
| Australia 252/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 239 (49.5 overs) |
| Michael Bevan 65 (76) Heath Streak 2/48 (10 overs) | | Alistair Campbell 102 (145) Damien Fleming 3/30 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 13 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Des Raj (Ind) and Borni Jamula (Ind) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (Zim)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 5 April 1998 Scorecard
| India 274/5 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 261 (48.3 overs) |
| Sourav Ganguly 82 (129) Heath Streak 2/42 (10 overs) | | Alistair Campbell 60 (69) Rahul Sanghvi 3/29 (8 overs) |
* India won by 13 runs Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Jasbir Singh (Ind) and GA Pratapkumar (Ind) Player of the match: Hrishikesh Kanitkar (Ind)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* zimbabwe were fined one over for slow over rate

### 4th ODI

* 7 April 1998 Scorecard
| Australia 222/9 (50 overs) | v | India 223/4 (44.3 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 84 (139) Ajit Agarkar 4/46 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 100 (89) Michael Kasprowicz 2/39 (10 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Chandra Sathe (Ind) and MR Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 9 April 1998 Scorecard
| India 301/3 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 269 (48.4 overs) |
| Mohammad Azharuddin 153* (150) Pommie Mbangwa 2/47 (9 overs) | | Grant Flower 102 (118) Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/26 (6.4 overs) |
* India won by 32 runs Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Narendra Menon (Ind) and R Nagarajan (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja's partnership of 275 runs was world record for any wicket in ODI.

### 6th ODI

* 11 April 1998 Scorecard
| Australia 294/3 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 278/9 (50 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 145 (158) Guy Whittall 1/52 (5 overs) | | Grant Flower 89 (125) Damien Fleming 2/39 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 16 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Sankara Dendapani (Ind) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ricky Ponting played his 50th ODI. He equaled Dean Jones' record for the highest individual score by an Australia player in an ODI (145).
* Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting's partnership of 219 runs was Australian record for second wicket in ODI.

### Final

* 14 April 1998 Scorecard
| India 227 (49.3 overs) | v | Australia 231/6 (48.4 overs) |
| Ajay Jadeja 48 (49) Damien Fleming 3/47 (10 overs) | | Michael Bevan 75* (127) Anil Kumble 2/36 (9.4 overs) |
* Australia won by 4 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Vijay Chopra (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Steve Waugh (Aus)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) became the second player to score 8,000 runs in ODIs.