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1997–98 Coca-Cola Cup
International cricket tournament
International cricket tournament
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| series | 1998 Coca-Cola Cup | |
| partof | Australian cricket team in India in 1997–98 | |
| image | SharjahCricket.JPG | |
| caption | India v/s Australia match in progress during the Coca-Cola Cup | |
| date | 17 – 24 April 1998 | |
| place | Sharjah | |
| result | Won by India | |
| player of series | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | |
| team1 | [[File:Flag of India.svg | 22px]] India |
| team2 | [[File:Flag of Australia.svg | 22px]] Australia |
| team3 | [[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg | 22px]] New Zealand |
| captain1 | Mohammad Azharuddin | |
| captain2 | Steve Waugh | |
| captain3 | Stephen Fleming | |
| runs1 | Sachin Tendulkar (434) | |
| Sourav Ganguly (184) | ||
| runs2 | Michael Bevan (276) | |
| Adam Gilchrist (149) | ||
| runs3 | Stephen Fleming (187) | |
| Craig McMillan (152) | ||
| wickets1 | Prasad (9) | |
| Anil Kumble (8) | ||
| wickets2 | Damien Fleming (10) | |
| Steve Waugh (5) | ||
| wickets3 | Dion Nash (6) | |
| Chris Cairns (4) | ||
| next | 1998–99 |
Sourav Ganguly (184) Adam Gilchrist (149) Craig McMillan (152) Anil Kumble (8) Steve Waugh (5) Chris Cairns (4) The Coca-Cola Cup was a tri-nation cricket tournament played in Sharjah in 1998. This was the first cricket tournament in Sharjah to be sponsored by Coca-Cola and was played under the aegis of the Cricketers Benefit Fund Series. The Round Robin format was followed with each team playing the other two teams twice each. All matches were day and night games and the tournament featured India, Australia and New Zealand cricket teams. This tournament was the first one in ten years which was held in Sharjah that Pakistan was not a part of. 24,000 spectators witnessed the final, a record turnout for a match at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, where all the matches were played.
India won the tournament after losing all their league games against Australia in a reversal of what happened during the Pepsi Cup (sponsored by Coke's competitor Pepsi) in India just preceding this tournament, where Australia lost all their league ties to India but beat India in the finals to claim the title.
Australia won all their league matches and qualified for the final, while both India and New Zealand had won a game each, which meant that the second finalist was chosen based on a better net run rate.
Winners India took home US$40,000 in prize money, while Australia got US$30,000 for being runners up and third place New Zealand got US$15,000. Sachin Tendulkar won the man of the tournament award and an Opel Astra that went with the award, apart from winning other awards for most sixes and fastest fifty. Damien Fleming and Ricky Ponting of Australia won the best bowler and best fielder awards respectively.
Group stage
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.788 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.331 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.401 |
Matches
Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | 435 | 5 | 87.00 | 100.46 | 143 | 2 | 1 | |
| Michael Bevan | 276 | 5 | 55.20 | 82.63 | 101* | 1 | 2 | |
| Stephen Fleming | 187 | 4 | 46.75 | 71.92 | 75 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sourav Ganguly | 184 | 5 | 36.80 | 70.22 | 103 | 1 | 0 | |
| Craig McMillan | 152 | 4 | 38.00 | 59.84 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
Source:
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Fleming | 10 | 4 | 15.60 | 22.6 | 4.14 | 4/28 | |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 9 | 5 | 21.77 | 29.3 | 4.45 | 2/32 | |
| Anil Kumble | 8 | 5 | 26.12 | 37.3 | 4.19 | 3/39 | |
| Dion Nash | 6 | 3 | 15.33 | 23.0 | 4.0 | 4/38 | |
| Ajit Agarkar | 6 | 2 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 5.33 | 4/35 |
Source:
Desert Storm
The tournament is best known for Sachin Tendulkar's back to back centuries against Australia (popularly known as 'Desert Storm') - the first helped India qualify for the final based on a better net run rate, and the second, in the finals which was played on Tendulkar's 25th birthday, helped India beat Australia to win the tournament. In lighter vein, Australian bowler Shane Warne claimed that he had "nightmares" at the thought of bowling to Tendulkar after being dominated by him in the tournament. Tendulkar is credited for single-handedly winning the tournament for India. Tendulkar's hundred following the storm in that match, which ensured that India qualified for the finals, came to be known as the "sandstorm innings" or "Desert Storm".
The other Indian player who made a notable contribution in the tournament victory was Sourav Ganguly, whose century against New Zealand resulted in the only Indian victory in the league stage. For Australia, Michael Bevan made a century in the last league game versus India, which resulted in an Australian victory but couldn't stop India from qualifying for the finals.
References
Notes
References
- "Coca-Cola Cup (Sharjah), 1997–98". Wisden Almanack (1999).
- "Coca-Cola Cricket Cup to be held in Sharjah". ESPNCricinfo.
- (25 April 1998). "Desert storm Tendulkar leaves Australia in disarray". [[The Indian Express]].
- (22 April 1998). "Cricket: A Numbers Game?". ESPNCricinfo.
- "Coca-Cola Cup Sharjah 1998". ESPNCricinfo.
- "Coca-Cola Cup, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo.
- "Coca-Cola Cup, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo.
- (2 March 2003). "Tendulkar dedicates it to his brother Ajit". [[The Times of India]].
- (3 June 1999). "Star wars". [[The Indian Express]].
- (30 March 2010). "‘Nightmare' comment was a joke, says Warne". [[The Hindu]].
- (1 May 1998). "It's a surrender, says Rajsingh Dungarpur". [[The Indian Express]].
- (21 September 2009). "I disagree with Sachin Tendulkar". Zeenews.com.
- (23 April 1998). "Tendulkar's century sends India storming into final". [[The Indian Express]].
- (14 November 2009). "A once-in-a-century star: Sachin". [[The Times of India]].
- (6 November 2009). "Just the second time, Sachin's hundred against Australia goes in vain". [[Mid-Day]].
- "The first of the two Sachin Tendulkar desert storms".
- "Moments which mean Sachin Tendulkar".
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