Players and Records of Indian Team in Independence Cup in 1998
The year was 1998, 25 years after the independence of Bangladesh and the event was the Independence Cup. The Independence Cup is an international cricket tournament which is a one-day event. It was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh to commemorate the Silver Jubilee Independence Anniversary of Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
At the cricket tournament, the participating teams were Bangladesh, as the host country, Pakistan, and India. The event was a remarkable one and one of the matches played were India vs Bangladesh Live which was the first match. The Indian team was the champions of the tournament after a resounding victory against Pakistani team.
Indian Players at the Silver Jubilee Independence Cup 1998
The players that made the Indian team to the cricket tournament were:- Sairaj Bahutule
- Sourav Ganguly
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Hrishikesh Kaniktar
- Nayan Mongia (wk)
- Javagal Srinath
- Debashish Mohanty
- Rahul Sanghvi
- Harvinder Singh
- Ajay Jadeja
- Robin Singh
- Navjot Sidhu
- VVS Laxman
- Mohammad Azharuddin
Records of Indian Team at the Independence Cup
- At the tournament, Indian players, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly received awards. The Indian team played 2 games and won all 2 collecting all 4 points at stake.
- Based on his performance in the game against Pakistan, Sourav Ganguly received an award as the player of the match following his amazing century in the third final of the event.
- The player of the series went to the Indian player Sachin Tendulkar. The highpoint point of the tournament was when at the final the Indian team chased Pakistan's 314/5 total.
- Also, the Indian player, Hrishikesh Kanitkar was instrumental in helping India lift the championship by hitting a four when 3 runs were required for India to successfully chase down Pakistan's total.
- India set a world record for the most successful run chase at the tournament, for a one-day cricket event.
- The Indian team was indeed the most remarkable team at the One-Day cricket tournament. Mohammad Azharuddin made 5 inns at the tournament, 284 runs, 71.00 Ave, 77.17 SR, 100 HS, 1 on the 100 and 2 on the 50. Sachin Tendulkar also had the most runs at the event.
- Indian players Harvinder Singh and Javagal Srinath were among the players with the most wickets at the tournament.
