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1997–98 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup

International cricket tournament

Field	Value
name	Silver jubilee independence cup 1998
cricket format	One Day International
fromdate	10
todate	18 January 1998
tournament format	Round-robin followed by Best of three Final
host
champions
participants	3
matches	6
player of the series	IND Sachin Tendulkar
most runs	PAK Saeed Anwar (315)
most wickets	PAK Saqlain Mushtaq (13)
count	1	runner up=

| player of the series = IND Sachin Tendulkar

The Silver Jubilee Independence Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during January 1998. 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.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 a match that, at the time, was a world record for the highest successful run chase in One Day International cricket. Hrishikesh Kanitkar hit a four ( Video )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.

Saurav Ganguly was awarded player of the match for his century in the third final, while Sachin Tendulkar was named the player of the series.

Tournament format

The sides played each other in a round robin, meaning that each side played two matches. The top two teams at the end of the round-robin stage played each other in Best of Three Finals.

Squads

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced a 14-member team for the tournament on 26 December 1997. Wicket-keeper-batsman Moin Khan, and pacemen Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram were dropped from the side that played the Champions Trophy. Akram had reportedly told the team's physiotherapist that he was "not fit" before leaving for England. Khan was replaced by Rashid Latif, who was made the captain, and Saeed Anwar the vice-captain. Other changes included exclusion of Akhtar Sarfraz and inclusion of Yousuf Youhana and Fazl-e-Akbar. The Bangladesh squad was announced on 7 January 1998. Many changes were made from the side that toured New Zealand that season. Spinner Shariful Haque, who last played in the 1994 ICC Trophy was included alongside Mohammad Rafique, who was returning after recovering from an injury. Shahriar Hossain, Khaled Mahmud and Zakir Hossain were other players included in the squad.

Points Table

Team	NR	L	NRR
1	2	2	0	4	+0.326
2	2	1	1	2	+0.964
3	2	0	2	0	−0.925

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

Points: India 2, Bangladesh 0

2nd match

This was Rashid Latif's first match as Pakistan captain.
Sachin Tendulkar equalled the Indian record for most catches in an ODI (4).
Points: India 2, Pakistan 0

3rd match

Finals

1st final

2nd final

3rd final

Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) set a record for highest partnership for the third wicket (230 runs), before it was beaten by Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly in 1999.
This was the highest successful run-chase in ODIs surpassing Sri Lanka's 312 against Zimbabwe in 1992.

Statistics

;Most runs

Player	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50
PAK Saeed Anwar	5	315	78.75	100.96	****	1	2
IND Mohammad Azharuddin	5	284	71.00	77.17		1	2
IND Sachin Tendulkar	5	258	51.60	112.17		0	3
IND Sourav Ganguly	5	242	48.40	79.60		1	1
PAK Ijaz Ahmed	5	209	69.66	94.57		1	0

;Most wickets

Player	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI
PAK	5	13	17.61	5.61	4/41
IND	5	11	18.36	4.59	5/23
IND	4	8	21.75	6.21	3/47
PAK	5	7	28.14	5.34	2/27
PAK	2	5	14.60	3.65	4/33

References

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