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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup
| image =
| image_size =
| fromdate = 9
| todate = 27 May 1997
| caption =
| administrator = [[International Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format =
| host = {{cr|IND}}
| champions = {{cr|SL}}
| runner up = {{cr|PAK}}
| participants = 4
| matches = 8
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (306)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] (14)
| previous_year =
| previous_tournament =
| next_year =
| next_tournament =
}}

The '''1997 Pepsi Independence Cup''' was a quadrangular [[One-day international|ODI cricket]] tournament held in May 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the independence of [[India]].<ref name="C">{{cite web|title=Pepsi Independence Cup, 1996–97|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151394.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=22 April 2011}}</ref> It featured the national cricket teams of [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and the hosts [[India national cricket team|India]]. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, which defeated Pakistan in the best-of-three finals.

==Indian independence celebrations==
The tournament was organised by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) and sponsored by [[PepsiCo]] as part of the many national celebrations being held in 1997 for the 50th anniversary of India's independence from colonial rule.<ref name="C"/> The Independence Cup trophy featured a gold inscribed image of Indian leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and his followers on the [[Dandi March]] during the 1930–31 [[Salt Satyagraha]]. The tournament concept was later emulated in Sri Lanka, which held an Independence Cup tournament to mark its 50th anniversary of independence in 1998, and in [[Bangladesh]] in 1998. The BCCI also used the tournament to celebrate 50 years of Indian cricket. Along with a television documentary on the history of Indian cricket broadcast on [[Doordarshan]], India's [[Test cricket]] captains were honoured during the 2nd final at the [[Eden Gardens]] in [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) – from the then 86-year-old [[Lala Amarnath]] to the then-captain, 24-year-old [[Sachin Tendulkar]].<ref name="D">{{cite web|title=Indian captains honoured|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/2242/|work=The Indian Express|date=28 May 1997}}</ref> All the captains took a lap around the Eden Gardens in a jeep, receiving a standing ovation from the 75,000-strong assembled crowd.<ref name="D"/> Each man received a silver salver, while [[Vijay Hazare]] received the [[C. K. Nayudu|C. K. Nayadu Trophy]].<ref name="D"/> The captains honoured included [[Polly Umrigar]], [[Datta Gaekwad]], [[Pankaj Roy]], [[Gulabrai Ramchand]], [[Nari Contractor]], [[Chandu Borde]], [[Ajit Wadekar]], [[Bishen Singh Bedi]], [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Kapil Dev]], [[Ravi Shastri]], [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] and [[Mohammad Azharuddin]].<ref name="D"/>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
!{{cr|IND}}
!{{cr|NZ}}
!{{cr|PAK}}
!{{cr|SL}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
*[[Sachin Tendulkar]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
*[[Anil Kumble]] (vc)
*[[Dodda Ganesh]]
*[[Abey Kuruvilla]]
*[[Rahul Dravid]]
*[[Ajay Jadeja]]
*[[Venkatesh Prasad]]
*[[Nayan Mongia]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
*[[Sunil Joshi]]
*[[Gagan Khoda]]
*[[Sourav Ganguly]]
*[[Vinod Kambli]]
*[[Noel David]]
*[[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]]
|
*[[Stephen Fleming]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
*[[Nathan Astle]]
*[[Chris Cairns]]
*[[Heath Davis]]
*[[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]]
*[[Matt Horne]]
*[[Gavin Larsen]]
*[[Craig McMillan]]
*[[Shayne O'Connor]]
*[[Dipak Patel (cricketer, born 1958)|Dipak Patel]]
*[[Adam Parore]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
*[[Andrew Penn (cricketer)|Andrew Penn]]
*[[Bryan Young (cricketer)|Bryan Young]]
*[[Daniel Vettori]]
|
*[[Rameez Raja]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
*[[Saeed Anwar]]
*[[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]
*[[Shahid Afridi]]
*[[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Ijaz Ahmed]]
*[[Salim Malik]]
*[[Mohammad Hussain (cricketer, born 1976)|Mohammad Hussain]]
*[[Aaqib Javed]]
*[[Saqlain Mushtaq]]
*[[Moin Khan]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
*[[Hasan Raza (cricketer, born 1982)|Hasan Raza]]
*[[Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)|Abdul Razzaq]]
*[[Azhar Mahmood]]
*[[Mohammad Wasim (cricketer)|Mohammad Wasim]]
|
*[[Arjuna Ranatunga]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
*[[Aravinda de Silva]] (vc)
*[[Roshan Mahanama]]
*[[Hashan Tillakaratne]]
*[[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
*[[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
*[[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
*[[Ruwan Kalpage]]
*[[Marvan Atapattu]]
*[[Chaminda Vaas]]
*[[Kumar Dharmasena]]
*[[Sajeewa de Silva]]
*[[Upul Chandana]]
*[[Dulip Liyanage]]
|}

The Indian team coach and manager for the tournament was [[Madan Lal]]. Notably missing from the squad was former captain and lead batsman [[Mohammad Azharuddin]], who was dropped.<ref name="C"/><ref name="A">{{cite web|title=Azharuddin dropped from team for Independence Cup|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/566/|work=The Indian Express|date=7 May 1997|access-date=22 April 2011}}</ref> Lead pace bowler [[Javagal Srinath]] was ruled out of the first half of the tournament due to a shoulder injury.<ref name="A"/> Pakistan's line-up missed regular pace bowlers [[Wasim Akram]], [[Waqar Younis]] and spin bowler [[Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)|Mushtaq Ahmed]], who were playing [[county cricket]] in [[England]].<ref name="A"/> The Sri Lankan team had minor changes from the team that won the 1996 World Cup under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga.

==Points Table==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=38% |Team
! width=7% |P
! width=7% |W
! width=7% |L
! width=7% |T
! width=8% |NR
! width=9% |NRR
! width=9% |Points
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{cr|SRI}}
|| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || +0.478 || 4
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{cr|PAK}}
|| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || −0.287 || 4
|- bgcolor=pink
|align=left| {{cr|IND}}
|| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || −0.331 || 2
|- bgcolor=pink
|align=left| {{cr|NZ}}
|| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || −0.452 || 2
|}
Source:ESPN Cricinfo<ref name="Results">[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/OD_TOURNEYS/IC-IND/IC-IND_MAY1997_TABLE.html 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup / Points Table]</ref>

==Matches==
Using the [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] format, each team played the others once. New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the tournament opener, but proceeded to lose its other matches. Similarly, India succeeded in its opening match against New Zealand, but suffered defeats to Sri Lanka and Pakistan. After its loss to New Zealand, Pakistan's victories against Sri Lanka and India enabled it to qualify for the finals. Sri Lanka lost a high-scoring match to Pakistan, but defeated New Zealand and India to reach the finals.

{{Limited overs international
| date = 9 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| score1 = 285/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 263/9 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Nathan Astle]] 117 (132)
| wickets1 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 3/38 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shahid Afridi]] 59 (46)
| wickets2 = [[Nathan Astle]] 4/43 (8 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 22 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66108.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Chandigarh]]
| umpires = [[K.T. Francis]] (SL) and [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Nathan Astle]] (NZ)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| notes = [[Mohammad Hussain (cricketer, born 1976)|Mohammad Hussain]] (Pak) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 12 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 289/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 259 (49.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Shahid Afridi]] 52 (29)
| wickets1 = [[Sajeewa de Silva]] 3/59 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 58 (60)
| wickets2 = [[Aaqib Javed]] 5/35 (10 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 30 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66109.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]], [[Gwalior]]
| umpires = [[Steve Dunne (cricket umpire)|Steve Dunne]] (NZ) and [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Aaqib Javed]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 14 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| score1 = 220/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 221/2 (42.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Nathan Astle]] 92 (111)
| wickets1 = [[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]] 2/27 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 117 (137)
| wickets2 = [[Nathan Astle]] 1/25 (7 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66110.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak) and [[David Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 17 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 225/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 229/5 (40.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Ajay Jadeja]] 72 (102)
| wickets1 = [[Sajeewa de Silva]] 3/59 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 151[[not out|*]] (120)
| wickets2 = [[Abey Kuruvilla]] 2/22 (7 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66111.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| umpires = [[Steve Dunne (cricket umpire)|Steve Dunne]] (NZ) and [[David Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]'s score of 151* was the highest individual score by a Sri Lanka player in an ODI innings, before he broke his own record when he made 189 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanath Jayasuriya trounces India with 151 off 120 deliveries|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/sanath-jayasuriya-trounces-india-with-151-off-120-deliveries-26520|publisher=cricketcountry.com|access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> After the innings, he held the record for best batting and bowling figures both by a Sri Lanka player in ODIs.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 20 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 214 (48.3 overs)
| score2 = 162 (44.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| runs1 = [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] 44 (36)
| wickets1 = [[Gavin Larsen]] 3/43 (9.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Matt Horne]] 41* (73)
| wickets2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 2/21 (7 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 52 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66112.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
| umpires = [[S. K. Bansal]] (Ind) and [[Javed Akhtar (cricketer)|Javed Akhtar]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Craig McMillan]] and [[Shayne O'Connor]] (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 21 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 327/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 292 (49.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Saeed Anwar]] 194 (146)
| wickets1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 2/61 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 107 (116)
| wickets2 = [[Aaqib Javed]] 5/61 (10 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 35 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66113.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[MA Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = [[K. T. Francis]] (SL) and [[David Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Saeed Anwar]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Saeed Anwar]]'s 194 was the [[List of highest individual scores in ODIs|highest individual score in an ODI innings]] before it was equalled by [[Charles Coventry (Zimbabwean cricketer)|Charles Coventry]] (Zim) in 2009 and later broken by [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind) who made 200* in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sachin Tendulkar's 200 breaks ODI world record as India crush South Africa|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/7308573/Sachin-Tendulkars-200-breaks-ODI-world-record-as-India-crush-South-Africa.html|access-date=5 August 2017|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
}}
----

===Finals===
Pakistan and Sri Lanka squared-off in a best-of-three final series. The first final was in Chandigarh, and the second final (and if necessary, the third) was held at the [[Eden Gardens]] in [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata). However, Sri Lanka won both the first and second finals, winning the tournament without the need for a third final to be played.

{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 339/4 (50 overs)
| score2 = 224 (43.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 96 (67)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Hussain (cricketer, born 1976)|Mohammad Hussain]] 2/56 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Moin Khan]] 57 (61)
| wickets2 = [[Sajeewa de Silva]] 3/40 (7 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 115 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66114.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Chandigarh]]
| umpires = [[Steve Dunne (cricket umpire)|Steve Dunne]] (NZ) and [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] and [[Marvan Atapattu]] set a record for the highest partnership for the first wicket for Sri Lanka in ODIs (148),<ref>{{cite news|title=Pepsi Independence Cup, first final match, Pakistan v Sri Lanka|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151401.html|access-date=5 August 2017|work=Wisden|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> before the pair bettered it [[1997 Asia Cup|later that year]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pepsi Asia Cup, fifth qualifying match, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151655.html |work=Wisden |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029000718/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151655.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 27 May
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 309 (49.4 overs)
| score2 = 224 (43.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 59 (77)
| wickets1 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 4/53 (9.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rameez Raja]] 76 (101)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 3/40 (10 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 85 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66115.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]]<br> Attendance: 85,000
| umpires = [[Steve Dunne (cricket umpire)|Steve Dunne]] (NZ) and [[David Orchard]] (SA)
| motm = [[Aravinda de Silva]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = The crowd of an estimated 85,000 was the largest at this venue for an ODI that did not feature India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pepsi Independence Cup, second final match, Pakistan v Sri Lanka|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151402.html|access-date=5 August 2017|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}

==Records and awards==
The player of the tournament award was bagged by Sri Lankan all-arounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored the most runs in the tournament, 306, with one century and two fifties, and took 5 wickets to add. Pakistan's [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] took the most wickets in the tournament, bagging 14.<ref name="B">{{cite web|title=Cricket Records – Most Wickets |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=746;type=tournament |publisher=Cricinfo.com |access-date=22 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928073509/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=746%3Btype%3Dtournament |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}</ref> Pakistani batsman Saeed Anwar's innings of 194 against India in Chennai became the record for the highest runs in a single innings by any batsman in [[ODI cricket]].<ref name="C"/> The record stood until 2010, when India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in ODI history to score a 200 not out against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] in [[Gwalior]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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