da realbet： The touring Kenyan team scored the first victory of their fortnightlong tour of India when they defeated Mumbai CA XI by seven wickets atthe Brabourne stadium on Monday
Partab Ramchand25-Apr-2000The touring Kenyan team scored the first victory of their fortnightlong tour of India when they defeated Mumbai CA XI by seven wickets atthe Brabourne stadium on Monday. The visitors had earlier lost to TataSC in a one day match at Mumbai and then drew with Maharashtra CA XIin a two day game at Pune.Put in to bat, the Mumbai side were dismissed for 153 in 47.1overs. They never really recovered after opening bowlers Suji andOdoyo got rid of the first four batsman – A Rane, skipper Amit Pagnis,Sushant Manjrekar and Kiran Powar – with only 46 runs on theboard. The middle order boosted the score a bit with A Dani at No 7getting 32 and Mussavir Khote at No 8 scoring 26. The two put on 39runs for the seventh wicket from 13 overs after six wickets had gonefor 93 – the highest stand of the innings. Odoyo, Suji, Tikolo andOdumbe all took two wickets each.It was far from smooth sailing for Kenya as they commenced theirreply. Openers KO Otieno and RD Shah were out midway through the fifthover with only nine runs on the board. However HS Modi (19) and SteveTikolo weathered the early storm by adding 50 runs for the thirdwicket off 13.4 overs. It was then left to the experienced duo ofTikolo and skipper Maurice Odumbe to apply the finishing touches withan unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 97 runs off 16 overs. Tikolohit 84 off 89 balls with nine fours and two sixes while Odumbe’s 34was compiled off 48 balls and included two hits to the ropes.