| 19 Jun 1998 |
Sri Lanka 243/6 (50 overs) |
India 246/2 (43.4 overs) |
India won by 8 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
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🪙 Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Suresh Perera (SL) made his ODI debut. Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0. 👤 Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL) ⭐ Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind) |
| 21 Jun 1998 |
New Zealand 200/9 (50 overs) |
Sri Lanka 201/3 (40 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
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🪙 New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Niroshan Bandaratilleke made his ODI debut. Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0. 👤 Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (SL) ⭐ Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL) |
| 23 Jun 1998 |
New Zealand 219/8 (50 overs) |
India 131/2 (24.2 overs) |
No result |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
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🪙 India won the toss and elected to field. India was set a target of 147 in 25 overs, but rain stopped play at 20:20, four balls short of what was required for a result. Points: India 1, New Zealand 1. 👤 Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) |
| 01 Jul 1998 |
Sri Lanka 171/8 (36 overs) |
India 163 (35.3 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 8 runs |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
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🪙 India won the toss and elected to field. The start was delayed by three hours due to rain, reducing the match to 36 overs per side. Points: Sri Lanka 2, India 0. 👤 Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa (SL) and B. C. Cooray (SL) ⭐ Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL) |
| 05 Jul 1998 |
Sri Lanka 293/4 (50 overs) |
New Zealand 206 (39.1 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 87 runs |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
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🪙 New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0. 👤 Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) ⭐ Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) |
| 07 Jul 1998 |
India 307/6 (50 overs) |
Sri Lanka 301 (49.3 overs) |
India won by 6 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
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🪙 India won the toss and elected to bat. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (Ind) broke the record for highest partnership for the first wicket in ODIs (252 runs), before the pair bettered it in 2001. Sachin Tendulkar passed 7,000 runs in ODIs. He equalled 👤 Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL) ⭐ Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |