1998 'Friendship' Cup

1998 Friendship Cup

Dates	12 – 20 September 1998
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Host(s)	Canada
Champions	Pakistan
Participants	2
Matches	5
Player of the series	Inzamam-ul-Haq
Most runs	Inzamam-ul-Haq (214)
Most wickets	Javagal Srinath (10)

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. 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.

Teams

• India
• Pakistan

Squads

India	Pakistan
Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Ajit Agarkar Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Ajay Jadeja Sunil Joshi Hrishikesh Kanitkar Nayan Mongia (wk) Jatin Paranjpe Venkatesh Prasad Sanjay Raul Navjot Sidhu Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar	Aamer Sohail (C) Aaqib Javed Abdul Razzaq Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Zahid Moin Khan (wk) Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi

Fixtures

ODI series

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.

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		Most wickets
Inzamam-ul-Haq	214	Javagal Srinath	10
Saeed Anwar	207	Saqlain Mushtaq	8
Aamer Sohail	201	Ajit Agarkar	8
Mohammad Azharuddin	195	Saleem Malik	6
Shahid Afridi	183	Aamer Sohail	5

External links

• Sahara 'Friendship' Cup 1998 at ESPNcricinfo
• Sahara 'Friendship' Cup 1998 at CricketArchive (subscription required)