1998 'Friendship' Cup

The 1998 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1998 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 12–20 September 1998.[1] The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who won the series 4–1.

1998 Friendship Cup
Dates12 – 20 September 1998
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Host(s) Canada
Champions Pakistan
Participants2
Matches played5
Player of the series Inzamam-ul-Haq
Most runs Inzamam-ul-Haq (214)
Most wickets Javagal Srinath (10)

Teams

Squads
 India  Pakistan

Fixtures

1st ODI
12 September
10:10
Scorecard
Pakistan 
189/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
193/4 (43.4 overs)
Saleem Malik 41 (74)
Sourav Ganguly 3/33 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 54 (72)
Mohammad Zahid 1/38 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match start was delayed by 40 minutes due to wet outfield.

2nd ODI
13 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
246/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
195 (46.3 overs)
Moin Khan 69 (83)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/22 (6 overs)
Nayan Mongia 41 (58)
Saleem Malik 4/36 (6.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 51 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Moin Khan (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sanjay Raul (Ind) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI
16 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
257/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
180 (46.2 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 81 (112)
Ajit Agarkar 2/59 (10 overs)
Javagal Srinath 43 (40)
Mohammad Zahid 2/20 (6.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 77 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI
19 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
316/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
182(46.3 overs)
Shahid Afridi 109 (94)
Sunil Joshi 2/36 (10 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 62 (78)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/20 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 134 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Saleem Malik (Pak) passed 7,000 runs in ODIs.[2]

5th ODI
20 September
Scorecard
India 
256/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
258/5 (48.2 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 101 (111)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/67 (10 overs)
Aamer Sohail 97* (125)
Javagal Srinath 3/50 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match start was delayed by 15 minutes due to wet outfield.

Statistics
Most runs[3] Most wickets[3]
Inzamam-ul-Haq214 Javagal Srinath10
Saeed Anwar207 Saqlain Mushtaq8
Aamer Sohail201 Ajit Agarkar8
Mohammad Azharuddin195 Saleem Malik6
Shahid Afridi183 Aamer Sohail5

References
  1. "1998 Sahara 'Friendship' Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  2. "India v Pakistan, Sahara 'Friendship' Cup 1998 (4th ODI)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. Averages by Team
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