[1] The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other.

Saleem Malik was recalled, and Wasim Akram, who had to fulfill playing commitments to his club side Lancashire, and Saqlain Mushtaq, were excluded.

[3] An injured Younis was later omitted when the final squad was announced a few days later.

[2] India split its squad into two, sending one led by Ajay Jadeja to compete in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

That squad included Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman, while the squad that travelled to Canada was led by Mohammad Azharuddin and included other first team players such as Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad.