1997-98 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup that toured New Zealand that season. Spinner Shariful Haque, who last played in the 1994 ICC Trophy was included alongside Mohammad Rafique, who was returning after recovering from an injury. Shahriar Hossain, Khaled Mahmud and Zakir Hossain were other players included in the squad. India and Pakistan progressed to the best of three finals after finishing in the top two of the points table 1997-98 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup The Silver Jubilee Independence Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during January 1998. The tournament was held as a celebration of 25 years of Bangladesh's
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in a re-enactment of the famous progresses taken by Queen Elizabeth I. On the trip, the Queen officially opened the Silver Jubilee Walkway and the South Bank Jubilee Gardens, two of numerous places named after the festivities. In the evening, she presided over a fireworks display and was taken subsequently by a procession of lighted carriages to Buckingham Palace, where she greeted onlookers yet again from her balcony. Before, during, and after the events of Jubilee, the event was addressed in many media of popular culture throughout the Commonwealth. On 7 June, Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and the record