Welcome to the highlights of India vs Pakistan - The third final match of the best-of-three finals of the 1998 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup triangular One-Day International cricket tournament between India and Pakistan was played at National Stadium, Dhaka on January 18, 1998.
Match Overview:
Career-best innings from Sourav Ganguly's 124, Robin Singh's 82 and A quick-fire 26-ball 51 by Sachin Tendulkar sets up to India chased the world record target of 315 against Pakistan by a thrilling 3-wickets, despite Saeed Anwar - Ijaz Ahmed's centuries and India clinch the title with 2-1 lead in a historic, nail-biting third final encounter of the best-of-three finals of a Silver Jubilee Independence Cup.
Match Stats:
- India chased 315 was the highest successful run-chase by any team in one-day international cricket history, previous highest chase was 313 by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in the 1992 World Cup.
- 273 : Mohammad Azharuddin equalled a joint most appearances by any player in one-day internationals, jointly with 273-matches by Allan Border.
- Saeed Anwar's 140 was his second highest score for Pakistan in one-day international and also his second highest-score against India in ODIs after his world record 194 at Chennai in the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup.
- Ijaz Ahmed's 117 was his joint third highest score for Pakistan in one-day international and his second highest-score against India in ODIs.
- Saeed Anwar became the third Pakistan batsman to scored three centuries against India in ODIs after Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad, each had 3-hundreds.
- Ijaz Ahmed became the fifth Pakistan batsman to scored two centuries against India in ODIs.
- Saeed Anwar became the first Pakistan batsman to scored 15 centuries in ODI cricket history and overall the second player to achieved this feat in ODIs after Desmond Haynes' 17-hundreds.
- 15 : Saeed Anwar hit the second most centuries by any batsman in one-day internationals after Desmond Haynes' 17-hundreds.
- Ijaz Ahmed became the fifth Pakistan batsman to scored seven centuries in ODIs.
- 230 : Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed set a record third-wicket partnership in one-day international cricket history, surpassing the previous record held by the unbeaten 225-run stand between Dean Jones and Allan Border against Sri Lanka at Adelaide in the 1985 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.
- 230 : Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed shared the second highest any-wicket partnership for Pakistan in one-day international, The highest is 263-run stand for the second-wicket between Aamer Sohail and Inzamam-ul-Haq against New Zealand at Sharjah in the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup and the fourth highest any-wicket stand in ODIs.
- 230 : Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed set a record third-wicket partnership for Pakistan in one-day international, previously held by the 205-run stand between Moin-ul-Atiq and Ijaz Ahmed against Bangladesh at Chittagong in the 1988 Asia Cup.
- Pakistan's 314 was their ninth highest score in one-day international and It is their second highest-score against India in ODIs after their 327 at Chennai in the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup.
- This is the tenth instance of Pakistan's two batsmen were scores of centuries or more runs in their innings in one-day international and It is their third such instance against India in ODIs, Their previous two such instance came against India at Multan and at Lahore in the 1982-83 India's tour of Pakistan.
- Sourav Ganguly's 124 was the fifth highest score for India in one-day international and the highest-score by an Indian batsman against Pakistan in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 123 held by Kris Srikkanth at Kolkata in 1987.
- Sourav Ganguly became the tenth Indian batsman to scored two centuries in ODIs.
- Sourav Ganguly became the seventh Indian batsman to score a century against Pakistan in ODIs.
- India's 316 was their highest score ever in one-day international cricket history, previous highest was 305 also against Pakistan at Sharjah in the 1996 Pepsi Sharjah Cup.
- 179 : Sourav Ganguly and Robin Singh shared the second highest second-wicket partnership for India in one-day international and also the India's second highest second-wicket stand against Pakistan in ODIs, The highest is 231-run stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Navjot Sidhu at Sharjah in the 1996 Pepsi Sharjah Cup.
- This is the fifth Instance of a team failed to defend a target, despite having two batsmen hit centuries in the innings in one-day international and This is the second such instance for Pakistan in ODIs and also It is their second such instance against India in ODIs, Their previous such instance came against India at Lahore in 1982-83.
- This is the sixth instance of both team No.1 position batsmen (Saeed Anwar's 140 and Sourav Ganguly's 124) had scored centuries in the same match in one-day internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
* When India needed 6 runs from 4 deliveries Saqlain Mushtaq bowling to Javagal Srinath, Srinath try to big hit but ball goes to mid off Shahid Afridi running to catch but not reached his hand and Srinath gets luck.
* Then India required 4 runs from 3 balls, Srinath takes the easy single, now India required 3 runs in 2 balls, Kanitkar on strike, He was hit a match-winning boundary off Saqlain Mushtaq on the penultimate delivery, sealing a historic win for India with just 1 ball remaining.
Pakistan scored massive total of 314-5 in the allotted 48 overs - match reduced from 50 to 48-overs per a side - due to bad light 2 overs reduced from each innings - with top scorer by Saeed Anwar blasted a 140 off 132-balls - which was his 15th ODI hundred and his third century against India in ODIs.
Ijaz Ahmed struck 117 off 112-balls - which was his 7th ODI hundred and his second century against India in ODIs - including 8-fours & a six and Shahid Afridi hit 18 off 20-balls contained one-six & a four.
India best bowler by Harvinder Singh picked up 3-wickets and one for Sachin Tendulkar - Javagal Srinath.
India chase down the target of 315, finishing at 316 for 7 in 47.5 overs with top scorer by Sourav Ganguly cracked a career-best 124 off 138-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred and his first century against Pakistan in ODIs.
Robin Singh hit a career-best 82 off 83-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes and Sachin Tendulkar hammered a 41 off 26-balls included 7-fours & a six with strike rate of 157.69.
Pakistan best bowler by Saqlain Mushtaq picked up 3-wickets, Mohammad Hussain, Shahid Afridi and Aaqib Javed each took one-wickets.
Sourav Ganguly named Player of the match for his match-winning career-best brilliant 124-rums knocked off facing 138-balls including 11-fours & a six.
Sachin Tendulkar earned player of the tournament for his all-round performance to contributed 258-runs with average of 51.60 and took five wickets.
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