India v Zimbabwe @ Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
9 April 1998
Toss: Zimbabwe (field)
Umpires: NN Menon, R Nagarajan
Third Umpire: S Banerjee
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: India won by 32 runs
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sourav Ganguly | c Andy Flower b Heath Streak | 13 | 30 | 48 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Andy Flower b Pommie Mbangwa | 1 | 2 | 18 | - | - | |
| 3. VVS Laxman | lbw b Pommie Mbangwa | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| *4. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 153 | 150 | 202 | 17 | 1 | |
| 5. Ajay Jadeja | not out | 116 | 121 | 176 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6. Hrishikesh Kanitkar | |||||||
| +7. Nayan Mongia | |||||||
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | |||||||
| 9. Venkatesh Prasad | |||||||
| 10. Debasis Mohanty | |||||||
| 11. Rahul Sanghvi |
| FOW | 1-8 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-8 (VVS Laxman), 3-26 (Sourav Ganguly). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 14w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 50 ovs) 301 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Pommie Mbangwa | 9 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (5w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 8 | 0 | 68 | 0 | (2w,3nb) |
| Gary Brent | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Adam Huckle | 8 | 1 | 42 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Craig Evans | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Grant Flower | c & b Rahul Sanghvi | 102 | 118 | 230 | 8 | - | |
| *2. Alistair Campbell | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Venkatesh Prasad | 11 | 17 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Murray Goodwin | c Hrishikesh Kanitkar b Ajit Agarkar | 47 | 34 | 47 | 6 | - | |
| +4. Andy Flower | b Ajit Agarkar | 3 | 11 | 16 | - | - | |
| 5. Guy Whittall | run out (Sachin Tendulkar > Nayan Mongia) | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6. Heath Streak | b Sourav Ganguly | 30 | 36 | 51 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Paul Strang | run out (Nayan Mongia > ) | 8 | 17 | 25 | - | - | |
| 8. Craig Evans | b Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Gary Brent | b Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 24 | 36 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Pommie Mbangwa | c Venkatesh Prasad b Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Adam Huckle | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Alistair Campbell), 2-92 (Murray Goodwin), 3-104 (Andy Flower), 4-121 (Guy Whittall), 5-188 (Heath Streak), 6-204 (Paul Strang), 7-211 (Craig Evans), 8-255 (Grant Flower), 9-269 (Pommie Mbangwa), 269 (Gary Brent). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 9w, 4nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 269 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 7 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (2w,4nb) |
| Debasis Mohanty | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (3w,1nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 8 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (2w,2nb) |
| Rahul Sanghvi | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 6.4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Nayan Mongia, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatesh Prasad, Debasis Mohanty, Rahul Sanghvi
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower, Alistair Campbell, Murray Goodwin, Andy Flower, Guy Whittall, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Craig Evans, Gary Brent, Pommie Mbangwa, Adam Huckle
