1998 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup
The Silver Jubilee Independence Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during January 1998.[1] The tournament was held as a celebration of 25 years of Bangladesh's Independence and all the games were held at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]India, Pakistan and the hosts Bangladesh were the participating teams in the tournament.
India were the winners of the tournament after beating Pakistan in the third final of the best of three finals. India successfully chased Pakistan's total of 314/5 in an exciting match which at that time was a world record for the highest successful run chase in One Day International cricket.[1][7]Hrishikesh Kanitkar hit a four when 3 runs were required off the last two balls to help India chase down the record target and lift the Silver Jubilee Independence Cup.[8][9]
Sachin Tendulkar was named the player of the series.[4]
Tournament Format
The sides played each other in a round robin, meaning that each side play two matches. The top 2 teams at the end of the round-robin stage played each other in Best of Three Finals.
Squads
Points Table
India and Pakistan progressed to the best of three finals after finishing in the top two of the points table
Fixtures and results
Group stage
1st match
- India won the toss and chose to field
2nd match
- Pakistan won the toss and chose to field
3rd match
- Pakistan won the toss and chose to field
Finals
1st final
- Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat
2nd final
- India won the toss and chose to bat
3rd final
- India won the toss and chose to field
- World record for chasing down the highest total in an ODI.[1][7]
Statistics
Batting
Most Runs
Player[5] | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
Anwar, SaeedSaeed Anwar |
5 | 315 | 78.75 | 100.96 | 7002140000000000000♠140 | 1 | 2 |
Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin |
5 | 284 | 71.00 | 77.17 | 7002100000000000000♠100 | 1 | 2 |
Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar |
5 | 258 | 51.60 | 112.17 | 7001950000000000000♠95 | 0 | 3 |
Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly |
5 | 242 | 48.40 | 79.60 | 7002124000000000000♠124 | 1 | 1 |
Ahmed, IjazIjaz Ahmed |
5 | 209 | 69.66 | 94.57 | 7002117000000000000♠117 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
Player[6] | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI |
Mushtaq, SaqlainSaqlain Mushtaq |
5 | 13 | 17.61 | 5.61 | 7000402439024390240♠4/41 |
Srinath, JavagalJavagal Srinath |
5 | 11 | 18.36 | 4.59 | 7000504347826086960♠5/23 |
Singh, HarvinderHarvinder Singh |
4 | 8 | 21.75 | 6.21 | 7000302127659574470♠3/47 |
Javed, AaqibAaqib Javed |
5 | 7 | 28.14 | 5.34 | 7000203703703703700♠2/27 |
Hussain, MohammadMohammad Hussain |
2 | 5 | 14.60 | 3.65 | 7000403030303030300♠4/33 |
References