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{{Infobox cricket series
|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 (city)|Sharjah]]
|result= Won by [[India cricket team|India]]
|player of series=[[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
|team1= [[File:Flag of India.svg|22px]] [[India cricket team|India]]
|team2= [[File:Flag of Australia.svg|22px]] [[Australia cricket team|Australia]]
|team3= [[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|22px]] [[New Zealand cricket team|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= [[Venkatesh Prasad|Prasad]] (9) [[Anil Kumble]] (8)
|wickets2= [[Damien Fleming]] (10) [[Steve Waugh]] (5)
|wickets3= [[Dion Nash]] (6) [[Chris Cairns]] (4)
|previous=
|next=[[1998–99 Coca-Cola Cup|1998–99]]
}}
The '''Coca-Cola Cup''' was a tri-nation [[cricket]] tournament played in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] in 1998.<ref name=wisden>{{cite web|title=Coca-Cola Cup (Sharjah), 1997–98|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/155189.html|publisher=Wisden Almanack (1999)|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> 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 tournament|Round Robin]] format was followed with each team playing the other two teams twice each. All matches were [[Day/night cricket|day and night]] games and the tournament featured [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] cricket teams.<ref name=cricinfo>{{cite web|title=Coca-Cola Cricket Cup to be held in Sharjah|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/ARTICLES/CCC_PRESS_RELEASE_05APR1998.html|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> This tournament was the first one in ten years which was held in Sharjah that [[Pakistan national cricket team|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.<ref name=wisden/><ref name=ieapr98>{{cite news|title=Desert storm Tendulkar leaves Australia in disarray|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/29379/|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=25 April 1998}}</ref>

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.<ref name=wisden/><ref name=ie98>{{cite news|title=Sachin's B-Day, India's D-Day|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/29188/|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=24 April 1998}}</ref>

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]].<ref name=ie98/><ref name=cricinfoap98>{{cite news|title=Cricket: A Numbers Game?|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/ARTICLES/NRR_TO_QUAL_FOR_FINAL_21APR1998|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=ESPNCricinfo|date=22 April 1998}}</ref>

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 match|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.<ref name=cricinfos98>{{cite web|title=Coca-Cola Cup Sharjah 1998|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>

==Group stage==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="width:150px"|Team
!style="width:30px"|P
!style="width:30px"|W
!style="width:30px"|L
!style="width:30px"|T
!style="width:30px"|NR
!style="width:30px"|Pts
!style="width:30px"|NRR
|- style="background:#c3fdb8"
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|AUS}}
| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || +0.788
|- style="background:#c3fdb8"
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|IND}}
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || −0.331
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr|NZ}}
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || −0.401
|-
|}

===Matches===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 17 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 9/220 (50 overs)
| score2 = 205 (47.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| runs1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 105 (140)
| wickets1 = [[Dion Nash]] 4/38 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Stephen Fleming]] 75 (97)
| wickets2 = [[Ajit Agarkar]] 4/35 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 15 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65768.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Ajit Agarkar]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Harbhajan Singh]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| score1 = 159 (48.4 overs)
| score2 = 4/160 (36.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| runs1 = [[Stephen Fleming]] 59 (94)
| wickets1 = [[Damien Fleming]] 4/28 (9.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Adam Gilchrist]] 57 (89)
| wickets2 = [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]] 2/31 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65769.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Damien Fleming]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score1 = 9/264 (50 overs)
| score2 = 206 (44 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Michael Bevan]] 58 (83)
| wickets1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 3/41 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 80(72)
| wickets2 = [[Steve Waugh]] 4/40 (9 overs)
| result = Australia won by 58 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65770.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 181 (49.3 overs)
| score2 = 6/183 (49 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 38 (58)
| wickets1 = [[Chris Cairns]] 3/26 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Craig McMillan]] 59 (122)
| wickets2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/26 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65771.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Craig McMillan]] (NZ)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Paul Wiseman]] (NZ) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 21 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| score1 = 5/259 (50 overs)
| score2 = 5/261 (47.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| runs1 = [[Nathan Astle]] 78 (125)
| wickets1 = [[Ian Harvey]] 2/59 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Tom Moody]] 63 (74)
| wickets2 = [[Dion Nash]] 2/39 (9 overs)
| result = Australia won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65772.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Tom Moody]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score1 = 7/284 (50 overs)
| score2 = 5/250 (46 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Michael Bevan]] 101[[not out|*]] (103)
| wickets1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 2/41 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 143 (131)
| wickets2 = [[Damien Fleming]] 2/46 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 26 runs ([[Duckworth–Lewis method|D/L]])
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65773.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = Sandstorm disrupted the play by about 25 minutes. Indian target was revised to 276 in 46 overs after the break.
| notes = India required 254 to pass New Zealand on net run rate, and qualify for the final. After the break it was 237 in 46 overs.
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 24 April
| daynight = yes
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score1 = 9/272 (50 overs)
| score2 = 4/275 (48.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Darren Lehmann]] 70 (59)
| wickets1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 2/32 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 134 (131)
| wickets2 = [[Damien Fleming]] 2/47 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65774.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field
| rain =
| notes = India won the 1997/98 Coca-Cola Cup
}}

==Statistics==
===Most runs===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! Player !! Team !! Runs !! Inns !! Avg !! S/R !! HS !! 100s !! 50s
|-
| [[Sachin Tendulkar]] || {{cr|IND}} || 435 || 5 || 87.00 || 100.46 ||143||2|| 1
|-
| [[Michael Bevan]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 276 || 5 || 55.20 || 82.63 || 101* || 1 ||2
|-
| [[Stephen Fleming]] || {{cr|NZ}} || 187 || 4 || 46.75 || 71.92 || 75 || 0 || 2
|-
| [[Sourav Ganguly]] || {{cr|IND}} || 184 || 5 || 36.80 || 70.22 || 103 || 1 ||0
|-
| [[Craig McMillan]] || {{cr|NZ}} || 152 || 4 || 38.00 || 59.84 || 59 || 0 || 1
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=767;type=tournament |title=Coca-Cola Cup, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! Player !! Team !! Wkts !! Mts !! Ave !! S/R !! Econ !! BBI
|-
| [[Damien Fleming]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 10 || 4 || 15.60 || 22.6 || 4.14 || 4/28
|-
| [[Venkatesh Prasad]] || {{cr|IND}} || 9 || 5 || 21.77 || 29.3 || 4.45 || 2/32
|-
| [[Anil Kumble]] || {{cr|IND}} || 8 || 5 || 26.12 || 37.3 || 4.19 || 3/39
|-
| [[Dion Nash]] || {{cr|NZ}} || 6 || 3 || 15.33 || 23.0 || 4.0 || 4/38
|-
| [[Ajit Agarkar]] || {{cr|IND}} || 6 || 2 || 16.0 || 18.0 || 5.33 || 4/35
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=767;type=tournament |title=Coca-Cola Cup, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=toi03>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar dedicates it to his brother Ajit|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cricket/Tendulkar-dedicates-it-to-his-brother-Ajit/articleshow/39082730.cms|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 March 2003}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ie99>{{cite news|title=Star wars|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/101677/|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=3 June 1999}}</ref><ref name=th10>{{cite news|title=‘Nightmare' comment was a joke, says Warne|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article329112.ece|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 March 2010}}</ref> Tendulkar is credited for single-handedly winning the tournament for India.<ref name=th10/> The last league match, where India played Australia needing to finish with a win or a better net run rate than New Zealand to qualify for the finals, was interrupted by a [[dust storm|sandstorm]].<ref name=iemay98>{{cite news|title=It's a surrender, says Rajsingh Dungarpur|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/30255/|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 May 1998}}</ref><ref name=zn09>{{cite news|title=I disagree with Sachin Tendulkar|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/i-disagree-with-sachin-tendulkar_564452.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126024237/http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/i-disagree-with-sachin-tendulkar_564452.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=Zeenews.com|date=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref name=ieapri98>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar's century sends India storming into final|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/29078/|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=23 April 1998}}</ref> 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".<ref name=toin09>{{cite news|title=A once-in-a-century star: Sachin|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-14/top-stories/28112318_1_sachin-bat-sachin-tendulkar-frayed-nerves|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117184655/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-14/top-stories/28112318_1_sachin-bat-sachin-tendulkar-frayed-nerves|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 2013|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 November 2009}}</ref><ref name=md09>{{cite news|title=Just the second time, Sachin's hundred against Australia goes in vain|url=http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2009/nov/061109-Sachin-Tendulkar-Century-Australia.htm|accessdate=14 March 2012|newspaper=[[Mid-Day]]|date=6 November 2009}}</ref><ref name=cc>{{cite news|title=The first of the two Sachin Tendulkar desert storms|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/The-first-of-the-two-Sachin-Tendulkar-desert-storms/25514}}</ref><ref name=msn>{{cite news|title=Moments which mean Sachin Tendulkar|url=http://sports.in.msn.com/gallery/moments-which-mean-sachin-tendulkar?page=2|access-date=2013-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525064734/http://sports.in.msn.com/gallery/moments-which-mean-sachin-tendulkar?page=2|archive-date=2013-05-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref name=cricinfoap98/> 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.<ref name=ieapri98/>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Notes==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/STATS/CCC_APR1998_ODI_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html Records for most wickets in the tournament]
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/STATS/CCC_APR1998_ODI_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html Records for most runs in the tournament]

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