Mohandas Menon

ODIs at Kochi

Ind vs Zim - 3rd ODI,

About the Venue:
Kochi, previously known as Cochin, is the commercial capital of the state of Kerala. It is a major port on the Arabian Sea, and is located to the south west of India. It was a former princely state and came into prominence in 1500 when the Portuguese built their first settlements in the southern part of the country. The Dutch then made the town its center of trade from 1663 to 1794, after which the British took over until 1947.

About the ground:
The Jawararlal Nehru International Stadium, is a multi-purpose one and so far only two one-day international matches have been played here - both by the home team - against Australia on 1-4-1998 and against South Africa on 9-3-2000. India won both the matches by 41 runs and three wickets.

Brief scores of the two matches

India v Australia on 1st April 1998
Captains: M Azharuddin, SR Waugh
Toss: India
India 309-5 (50 overs) [AD Jadeja 105*, M Azharuddin 82, HH Kanitkar 57; MS Kasprowicz 3/50, DR Martyn 1/30, DW Fleming 1/61]
Australia 268-10 (45.5 overs) [MG Bevan 65, AC Gilchrist 61, ME Waugh 28; SR Tendulkar 5/32, J Srinath 2/41, AB Agarkar 1/31]
Overs reduced. Target for Australia: 310 runs in 49 overs
Result: India won by 41 runs
Man of the match: SR Tendulkar (Ind)

India v South Africa on 9th March 2000
Captains: SC Ganguly, WJ Cronje
Toss: South Africa
South Africa 301-3 (50 overs) [G Kirsten 115, HH Gibbs 111, JH Kallis 37*; RS Dravid 2/43, SB Joshi 1/52]
India 302-7 (49.4 overs) [AD Jadeja 92, M Azharuddin 42, RR Singh 42*; WJ Cronje 2/48, SM Pollock 2/59, M Hayward 1/35]
Result: India won by 3 wickets (2 balls remaining)
Man of the match: AD Jadeja (Ind)

The other venues:
Faridabad | Mohali