da bet nacional： The three day match between Kenya XI and the Gujarat CA President’s XIat the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad ended in a draw onSaturday
Natarajan Sriram13-May-2000The three day match between Kenya XI and the Gujarat CA President’s XIat the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad ended in a draw onSaturday.Requiring 212 runs for a victory in 33 overs, the Gujarat CAPresidents XI soon ran into troubled waters, when they lost both theopeners AS Kotecha (17) and Vivek Gandhi (9) cheaply. At 34 for 2, NDModi (45 runs off 70 balls) and TN Varsani (51 runs off 57 balls) cametogether for a third wicket partnership worth 90 runs in 16 overs. Butthe fall of Varsani triggered a collapse as Gujarat lost three morewickets. With Gujarat tottering at 148 for six match was declareddrawn. For Kenya Odumbe picked four wickets for nine of three overs.Earlier, resuming their innings at 41 for no loss, Kenya lost openerOtieno (28) in the 28 over with the score at 86. But his partner RDShah (111 runs off 150 balls) carried on with the good work and alongwith JK Kamande he put on 56 runs in 14 overs for the second wicket.Then in the company of Steve Tikolo, Shah added 52 runs in 7.5 oversfor the third wicket. Kamande was the last batsman out with the scoreat 200 before the Kenyans declared their innings at 212 for four.