#8 Kenya vs India (1998)
During the 6th match of 1998 Coca-Cola Triangular series, Kenya upstaged the Indian side in their own backyard.
Kenya elected to bat first after winning the toss. Ravi Shah started off the Kenyan innings with blitz scoring 70 runs off 68 balls. After Ravi’s dismissal, Maurice Odumbe played a brilliant knock of 83 powering Kenya’s final score to 265/5.
Chasing 266, India caught in a spot of bother right from the start. Despite everyone getting starts, nobody could kick on and take the team over the line as the bowlers kept taking wickets at crucial junctures. Odumbe, yet again, starred for Kenya with 3 crucial wickets while Tikilo too picked up as many wickets. India crumbled to 196 all out as Kenya won the match by 69 runs.
Brief Scores: Kenya – 265/5 (50 overs) (Maurice Odumbe 83, Ravi Shah 70, Anil Kumble 2/27); India – 196 a/o (47.1 overs) (Rahul Dravid 33, Odumbe 3/14, Steve Tikolo 3/29)
Result: Kenya defeated India by 69 runs
Man of the Match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)
#7 Kenya vs Sri Lanka (2003)
It’s Kenya again, but in this instance, the victim is the Sri Lankan team in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Sri Lanka elected to field first after calling the coin right in the 26th match of the tournament. Chaminda Vass dismissed the opener, Ravi Shah, for a golden duck in the very first over putting Kenya under the pump. Sri Lanka kept taking wickets from one end, but Kennedy Otieno kept his calm on the other. He scored a valiant 60 as Kenya finished on 210/9.
Pursuing a below-par total of 211, Sri Lanka could just never get going. Several batsmen got starts but, none could persist. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 41 as Collins Obuya snatched a five-wicket haul to torment the Lankan lions. Kenya folded the Sri Lankan innings for 157 registering a vital win of 53 runs. Kenya qualified for the semi-final on the back of such incredible outings in the league stage.
Brief Scores: Kenya – 210/9 (50 overs) (Kennedy Otieno 60, Muralitharan 4/28, Chaminda Vaas 3/41); Sri Lanka – 157 a/o (45 overs) (Aravinda de Silva 41, Collins Obuya 5/24, Steve Tikolo 2/13)
Result: Kenya defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs
Man of the Match: Collins Obuya (Kenya)
