India made just
one change to their playing eleven – Karsan Ghavri made way for Bishan Singh
Bedi.
East Africa, like the West Indies (who went to win the tournament), were not a nation, but a team comprising 14 players from four countries – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Seven players in the team were from Kenya. Three were from Zambia, and there were a couple of players each from Tanzania and Uganda.
Three players – Kenya’s Don Pringle (who was born in Lancashire, England, and was the father of former England cricketer Derek), Zambia’s Yunus Badat and Tanzania’s Praful Mehta – were making their debuts.
They replaced Tanzania’s Shiraz Sumar, Zambia’s Hamish McLeod and the Ruanda Urundi-born John Nagenda. In fact, it was Sumar’s and Nagenda’s only ODI appearance. McLeod played another match in the tournament.
The team was led by Harilal Shah, who was born in Nairobi. Aptly, his name combined the Hindi words for green and red, the colours of the Kenyan jersey when they competed as a separate nation at the 1996, 1999 and 2003 World Cups. On winning the toss, he chose to bat.
Frasat Ali, who was born in Lahore, could be called the first Pakistani-born cricketer to face the Indians at the World Cup, albeit as one of the Kenyans in the side. He scored a dozen. His 38-ball innings included a boundary. Abid Ali broke the 26-run stand.
Uganda’s Samuel Walusimbi scored 16. His 50-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Abid, who broke the 10-run stand. Badat, who faced four balls, scored just a run. Bedi broke the one-run stand.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 19. Mehta, who didn’t play another ODI, faced 41 balls, scoring a dozen. He was run out. Harilal, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Farokh Engineer. Mohinder Amarnath broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth a blob.
Jawahir Shah, the skipper’s compatriot, scored 37. His 84-ball innings included five boundaries. Amarnath broke the 42-run stand. Ramesh Kumar Sethi, who was also from Kenya, scored 23. His 80-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Anshuman Gaekwad. Madan Lal broke the 18-run stand.
The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Another Kenyan, Mehmood Quaraishy, faced 25 balls, scoring half-a-dozen. He was run out. Kenya’s Zulfiqar Ali faced five balls, scoring a couple. He was unbeaten.
The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Parbhu Nana, a Zambian born in the Indian state of Gujarat, faced a couple of balls, and was trapped leg before wicket by Madan Lal. Pringle, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Lal broke the four-run stand.
India conceded nine extras. East Africa were dismissed for 120 off 55.3 overs. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, India’s skipper, bowled a dozen wicketless overs, including four maidens. He conceded 29. Bedi bowled a dozen overs, including eight maidens. He conceded half-a-dozen, picking up a wicket.
Amarnath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Abid, who bowled a dozen overs, including five maidens. He conceded 22. Lal bowled 9.3 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15, picking up three scalps.
Sunil Gavaskar scored 65. His 86-ball innings was in contrast to his go-slow against the Englishmen. It included nine boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Farokh Engineer, the player of the match, who scored 54. His 93-ball innings included seven boundaries.
East Africa conceded four extras. India scored 123 for no loss of 29.5 overs, winning by 10 wickets with 181 balls to spare. Nana, who bowled 4.5 overs, conceded 36. Pringle, who bowled three overs, conceded 14.
Sethi, who bowled five overs, conceded 20. Zulfiqar bowled 11 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 32. Frasat bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17.
East Africa, like the West Indies (who went to win the tournament), were not a nation, but a team comprising 14 players from four countries – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Seven players in the team were from Kenya. Three were from Zambia, and there were a couple of players each from Tanzania and Uganda.
Three players – Kenya’s Don Pringle (who was born in Lancashire, England, and was the father of former England cricketer Derek), Zambia’s Yunus Badat and Tanzania’s Praful Mehta – were making their debuts.
They replaced Tanzania’s Shiraz Sumar, Zambia’s Hamish McLeod and the Ruanda Urundi-born John Nagenda. In fact, it was Sumar’s and Nagenda’s only ODI appearance. McLeod played another match in the tournament.
The team was led by Harilal Shah, who was born in Nairobi. Aptly, his name combined the Hindi words for green and red, the colours of the Kenyan jersey when they competed as a separate nation at the 1996, 1999 and 2003 World Cups. On winning the toss, he chose to bat.
Frasat Ali, who was born in Lahore, could be called the first Pakistani-born cricketer to face the Indians at the World Cup, albeit as one of the Kenyans in the side. He scored a dozen. His 38-ball innings included a boundary. Abid Ali broke the 26-run stand.
Uganda’s Samuel Walusimbi scored 16. His 50-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Abid, who broke the 10-run stand. Badat, who faced four balls, scored just a run. Bedi broke the one-run stand.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 19. Mehta, who didn’t play another ODI, faced 41 balls, scoring a dozen. He was run out. Harilal, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Farokh Engineer. Mohinder Amarnath broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth a blob.
Jawahir Shah, the skipper’s compatriot, scored 37. His 84-ball innings included five boundaries. Amarnath broke the 42-run stand. Ramesh Kumar Sethi, who was also from Kenya, scored 23. His 80-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Anshuman Gaekwad. Madan Lal broke the 18-run stand.
The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Another Kenyan, Mehmood Quaraishy, faced 25 balls, scoring half-a-dozen. He was run out. Kenya’s Zulfiqar Ali faced five balls, scoring a couple. He was unbeaten.
The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Parbhu Nana, a Zambian born in the Indian state of Gujarat, faced a couple of balls, and was trapped leg before wicket by Madan Lal. Pringle, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Lal broke the four-run stand.
India conceded nine extras. East Africa were dismissed for 120 off 55.3 overs. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, India’s skipper, bowled a dozen wicketless overs, including four maidens. He conceded 29. Bedi bowled a dozen overs, including eight maidens. He conceded half-a-dozen, picking up a wicket.
Amarnath, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Abid, who bowled a dozen overs, including five maidens. He conceded 22. Lal bowled 9.3 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15, picking up three scalps.
Sunil Gavaskar scored 65. His 86-ball innings was in contrast to his go-slow against the Englishmen. It included nine boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Farokh Engineer, the player of the match, who scored 54. His 93-ball innings included seven boundaries.
East Africa conceded four extras. India scored 123 for no loss of 29.5 overs, winning by 10 wickets with 181 balls to spare. Nana, who bowled 4.5 overs, conceded 36. Pringle, who bowled three overs, conceded 14.
Sethi, who bowled five overs, conceded 20. Zulfiqar bowled 11 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 32. Frasat bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17.
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