Nidahas Trophy
| Administrator | Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) |
|---|---|
| Format | ODI, T20I |
| First edition | 1998 (Sri Lanka) |
| Latest edition | 2018 (Sri Lanka) |
| Next edition | TBA |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin and Final |
| Number of teams |  India Sri Lanka New Zealand Bangladesh |
| Current champion | India (2nd title) |
| Most successful | India (2 titles) |
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (263) (ODI) Kusal Perera (204) (T20I) [1] |
| Most wickets | Ajit Agarkar (12) (ODI) Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal (8) (T20I) |
Nidahas Trophy is an international cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka. The tournament is held to celebrate the independence of the Asian island country Sri Lanka.[2] The tournament is not a regular event in the calendar with the previous tournaments having a gap of 20 years in between.[3] Each of the three participating teams play each other twice and the top two progress to the final. In March 2017 Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the 2018 tournament would be played in the newer and shorter T20I format with Bangladesh entering the tournament, replacing the only Non-Asian team in the triple-nation New Zealand.
Tournament history[edit]
Both the tournaments have been won by India, defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the 1998 tournament and Bangladesh in the final of the 2018 tournament.
| Year | Format | Host(s) | Final venue | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Margin | Runner-up | ||||
| 1998 | ODI | Sri Lanka
|
Colombo | India 307/6 (50 overs) |
India won by 6 runs Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 301 all out (49.3 overs) |
| 2018 | T20I | Sri Lanka
|
Colombo | India 168/6 (20 overs) |
India won by 4 wickets Scorecard |
Bangladesh 166/8 (20 overs) |
Results summary[edit]
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past Nidahas Trophy tournaments.[4][5]
| Team | Appearances | Best result | Statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% | ||
| India
|
2 | 1998 | 2018 | Champions (1998, 2018) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 66.67% |
| Sri Lanka
|
2 | 1998 | 2018 | Runners-up (1998) | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45.45% |
| Bangladesh
|
1 | 2018 | 2018 | Runners-up (2018) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00% |
| New Zealand
|
1 | 1998 | 1998 | Group Stage (1998) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33% |
Teams Performances[edit]
| Team \ Host | 1998 (3)[6] |
2018 (3)[7] |
|---|---|---|
|
|
[8]
| |
| Bangladesh |
— | 2nd |
| India |
1st | 1st |
| New Zealand |
Group Stage | — |
| Sri Lanka |
2nd | Group Stage |
Debut of teams[edit]
| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1998[9] | India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
|
3 |
| 2018 | Bangladesh[10]
|
1 |
References[edit]
- ^ "India and Bangladesh in Sri Lanka T20I Tri-Series, 2018 Statistics".
- ^ "Nidahas trophy 2018 announced | Sri Lanka Cricket". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ 1998 & 2018.
- ^ "Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy, Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news".
- ^ "Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series, Nidahas T20 Series 2017/18 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news".
- ^ Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998 | Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series 2018 - Live Cricket Scores & Fixtures | ESPNCricinfo
- ^ SL to host India, Bangladesh for T20I tri-series in March - ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Sri Lanka and New Zealand are tough opponents" - Gaekwad
- ^ Indian cricket team's flag gesture after Nidahas Trophy 2018 final wins Sri Lankan hearts | cricket | Hindustan Times