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India v Australia @ Nehru Stadium, Kochi
1 April 1998
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SK Bansal, AV Jayaprakash
Third Umpire: KN Raghavan
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: India won by 41 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Navjot Sidhu | c Adam Gilchrist b Michael Kasprowicz | 1 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Ricky Ponting b Michael Kasprowicz | 8 | 11 | 21 | 1 | - |
| *3. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Mark Waugh b Michael Kasprowicz | 82 | 91 | 147 | 10 | - |
| 4. Vinod Kambli | lbw b Damien Fleming | 33 | 32 | 49 | 5 | - |
| 5. Ajay Jadeja | not out | 105 | 109 | 160 | 12 | - |
| 6. Hrishikesh Kanitkar | lbw b Damien Martyn | 57 | 55 | 70 | 6 | - |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | not out | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | ||||||
| 9. Anil Kumble | ||||||
| 10. Javagal Srinath | ||||||
| 11. Debasis Mohanty |
| FOW | 1-11 (Navjot Sidhu), 2-19 (Sachin Tendulkar), 3-80 (Vinod Kambli), 4-184 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-305 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 8w, 2nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 309 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Damien Fleming | 10 | 0 | 61 | 1 | (3w,3nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 8.2 | 2 | 50 | 3 | (2w,1nb) |
| Tom Moody | 10 | 0 | 60 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Damien Martyn | 3.4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Waugh | c Ajit Agarkar b Javagal Srinath | 28 | 31 | 63 | 3 | 1 |
| +2. Adam Gilchrist | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Ajit Agarkar | 61 | 45 | 68 | 10 | 1 |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 12 | 29 | 45 | - | - |
| 4. Michael Bevan | st Nayan Mongia b Sachin Tendulkar | 65 | 82 | 124 | 2 | - |
| *5. Steve Waugh | c & b Sachin Tendulkar | 26 | 33 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 6. Darren Lehmann | lbw b Sachin Tendulkar | 8 | 13 | 14 | - | - |
| 7. Tom Moody | st Nayan Mongia b Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 23 | 26 | 3 | - |
| 8. Damien Martyn | c Javagal Srinath b Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 6 | 18 | - | - |
| 9. Shane Warne | c Hrishikesh Kanitkar b Anil Kumble | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | not out | 6 | 9 | 14 | - | - |
| 11. Damien Fleming | c Anil Kumble b Javagal Srinath | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-102 (Mark Waugh), 2-106 (Adam Gilchrist), 3-143 (Ricky Ponting), 4-203 (Steve Waugh), 5-223 (Darren Lehmann), 6-239 (Michael Bevan), 7-253 (Tom Moody), 8-254 (Shane Warne), 9-259 (Damien Martyn), 268 (Damien Fleming). |
| Extras | 4b, 12lb, 7w, 9nb, 0pen) 32 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 45.5 ovs) 268 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 7.5 | 1 | 41 | 2 | (2w,4nb) |
| Debasis Mohanty | 5 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (1w,4nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 10 | 1 | 32 | 5 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Navjot Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Vinod Kambli, Ajay Jadeja, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Nayan Mongia, Ajit Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Debasis Mohanty