1997 Pepsi Independence Cup
| Dates | 9 – 27 May 1997 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions |  Sri Lanka |
| Runners-up |  Pakistan |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 8 |
| Player of the series | Sanath Jayasuriya |
| Most runs | Sanath Jayasuriya (306) |
| Most wickets | Saqlain Mushtaq (14) |
The 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup was a quadrangular
Indian independence celebrations
The tournament was organised by the
Squads
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Pakistan
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Sri Lanka
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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.[1][3] Lead pace bowler Javagal Srinath was ruled out of the first half of the tournament due to a shoulder injury.[3] Pakistan's line-up missed regular pace bowlers Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and spin bowler Mushtaq Ahmed, who were playing county cricket in England.[3] The Sri Lankan team had minor changes from the team that won the 1996 World Cup under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga.
Points Table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
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| Sri Lanka
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.478 | 4 |
| Pakistan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.287 | 4 |
| India
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.331 | 2 |
| New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.452 | 2 |
Source:ESPNcricinfo[4]
Matches
Using the 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.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Hussain(Pak) made his ODI debut.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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Robin Singh 2/27 (7 overs) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 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.[5] After the innings, he held the record for best batting and bowling figures both by a Sri Lanka player in ODIs.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Craig McMillan and Shayne O'Connor (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- highest individual score in an ODI innings before it was equalled by Charles Coventry (Zim) in 2009 and later broken by Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) who made 200* in 2010.[6]
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
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Mohammad Hussain 2/56 (10 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu set a record for the highest partnership for the first wicket for Sri Lanka in ODIs (148),[7] before the pair bettered it later that year.[8]
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Rameez Raja 76 (101) 3/40 (10 overs)Muttiah Muralitharan |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of an estimated 85,000 was the largest at this venue for an ODI that did not feature India.[9]
Records and awards
The player of the tournament award was 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
References
- ^ a b c d "Pepsi Independence Cup, 1996–97". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Indian captains honoured". The Indian Express. 28 May 1997.
- ^ a b c "Azharuddin dropped from team for Independence Cup". The Indian Express. 7 May 1997. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup / Points Table
- ^ "Sanath Jayasuriya trounces India with 151 off 120 deliveries". cricketcountry.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Sachin Tendulkar's 200 breaks ODI world record as India crush South Africa". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Pepsi Independence Cup, first final match, Pakistan v Sri Lanka". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Pepsi Asia Cup, fifth qualifying match, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Pepsi Independence Cup, second final match, Pakistan v Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Records – Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2011.