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{{Infobox cricket series
|series= 1998–99 Pepsi Triangular Series
|image=
|caption=
|date= 19 March – 4 April 1999
|place= [[India]]
|result= {{cr|PAK}} won the final by 123 runs
|player of series= [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind)
|team1= {{cr|IND}}
|team2= {{cr|PAK}}
|team3= {{cr|SRI}}
|captain1= [[Mohammad Azharuddin]]<ref name="MA-AJ" group="n">Mohammad Azharuddin was appointed captain of the Indian team side prior to the start of the series. However, he missed the last three matches with Ajay Jadeja captaining the side.</ref>
|captain2= [[Wasim Akram]]
|captain3= [[Arjuna Ranatunga]]
|runs1= [[Sourav Ganguly]] 278
|runs2= [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] 214
|runs3= [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 191
|wickets1= [[Ajit Agarkar]] 8
|wickets2= [[Azhar Mahmood]] 12
|wickets3= [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] 10
}}

The '''1998–99 Pepsi Cup''' was a [[One Day International]] [[cricket]] tournament held in India in March – April 1999.<ref name="TriSeries">{{cite web |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/OD_TOURNEYS/PC-IND/ |title=Pepsi Cup in India |access-date=21 September 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> It was a tri-nation series between the [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]. Pakistan defeated India in the final to win the tournament.<ref name="final">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66217/India-vs-Pakistan-Final-pepsi-cup/ |title=Pepsi Cup, 1998/99 |access-date=21 September 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Matches==

===1st ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 March 1999
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score1 = 246/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Saeed Anwar]] 72 (55)
| wickets1 = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] 4/48 (10 overs)
| score2 = 237 (49.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Aravinda de Silva]] 81 (113)
| wickets2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 3/34 (8.3 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 9 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66211/Pakistan-vs-Sri-Lanka-1st-Match-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
| umpires = [[Satish Gupta]] (Ind) and [[Borni Jamula]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Wasim Akram]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 March 1999
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score1 = 287/4 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 130[[Not out|*]] (160)
| wickets1 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 3/56 (10 overs)
| score2 = 207 (38 overs)
| runs2 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 46 (43)
| wickets2 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 4/21 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 80 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66212/India-vs-Sri-Lanka-2nd-Match-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]], [[Nagpur]]
| umpires = [[KS Giridharan]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]] (Ind) and [[Hemantha Boteju]] (SL) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 24 March 1999
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 278/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Saeed Anwar]] 95 (117)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 4/53 (10 overs)
| score2 = 135 (36.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ajay Jadeja]] 61 (95)
| wickets2 = [[Arshad Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Arshad Khan]] 3/22 (7 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 143 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66213/India-vs-Pakistan-3rd-Match-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| umpires = [[Sudhir Asnani]] (Ind) and [[Jasbir Singh (cricketer)|Jasbir Singh]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Saeed Anwar]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Gyanendra Pandey (cricketer)|Gyanendra Pandey]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
}}

===4th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 March 1999
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 253/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 101 (138)
| wickets1 = [[Azhar Mahmood]] 4/40 (10 overs)
| score2 = 241 (46.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 79 (60)
| wickets2 = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] 3/34 (9 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 12 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66214/Pakistan-vs-Sri-Lanka-4th-Match-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Indira Priyadarshini Stadium]], [[Visakhapatnam]]
| umpires = [[SK Sharma]] (Ind) and [[Ivaturi Shivram]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]] (Pak) made his ODI debut.
}}

===5th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March 1999
| time =
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score1 = 286/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Ajay Jadeja]] 103[[Not out|*]] (102)
| wickets1 = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] 2/38 (10 overs)
| score2 = 235 (45.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Aravinda de Silva]] 55 (78)
| wickets2 = [[Ajit Agarkar]] 3/35 (8 overs)
| result = India won by 51 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66215/India-vs-Sri-Lanka-5th-Match-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Nehru Stadium, Pune|Nehru Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| umpires = [[Vinayak Kulkarni]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Ajay Jadeja]] (Ind)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] and [[Amay Khurasiya]] (both Ind) made their ODI debuts
}}

===6th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 April 1999
| time =
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 196 (49.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 57 (90)
| wickets1 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 3/49 (9.5 overs)
| score2 = 197/3 (42 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)|Ijaz Ahmed]] 89[[Not out|*]] (129)
| wickets2 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 3/27 (10 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66216/India-vs-Pakistan-6th-Match-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] (Ind) and [[Krishna Hariharan]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)|Ijaz Ahmed]] (Pak)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Virender Sehwag]] (Ind) made his ODI debut
}}

===Final===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 4 April 1999
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 291/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] 91 (112)
| wickets1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 2/35 (7 overs)
| score2 = 168 (42.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ajay Jadeja]] 41 (62)
| wickets2 = [[Azhar Mahmood]] 5/38 (10 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 123 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8562/scorecard/66217/India-vs-Pakistan-Final-pepsi-cup/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Srinivas Venkataraghavan]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Azhar Mahmood]] (Pak)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/OD_TOURNEYS/PC-IND/ Series home at ESPNcricinfo]

{{International cricket tours of India}}
{{International cricket in 1998–99}}

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