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
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" the reverse, the circular relief inscription along the entire medal's circumference "TO COMMEMORATE THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY" (), in the center, the relief inscription in three rows "ARMED FORCES USSR" (), below the inscription the dates "1918-1958"; below the dates, a small relief five pointed star. The Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré grey ribbon with a 2mm red edge stripe on each side and two central 2mm red stripes separated by 2mm.