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Mohandas Menon |
March 21, 2003 20:10 IST
India vs Kenya, Durban - This match was India's 54th in the World Cup since its first in 1975. Only Australia (57) have appeared in more World Cup matches than India, followed by Pakistan (53), New Zealand (52) and England (50).
- Hitesh Modi became the sixth Kenyan to appear in 50 or more LOI matches.
- Tendulkar (83), while on 45, became the highest run scorer against Kenya in LOIs. Playing in his 10th match against the Kenyans he went past Zimbabwean Andy Flower's aggregate 608 runs (in 15 matches). Tendulkar now has 647 runs (avg. 107.83) to his credit.
- Tendulkar now has 669 runs in this tournament in 10 matches. He becomes the only third batsman in LOI history to aggregate over 600 runs in any single LOI tournament. Australian Greg Chappell had made 686 runs (in 14 matches) in the 1980-81 B&H World Series Cup, while West Indian Viv Richards had 651 runs (in 13 matches) in the 1984-85 B&H World Series Cup tournament.
- Tendulkar now has 671 runs in 13 matches in 2003 -- the most by any batsman this calendar year. He went past the tally of 654 runs (in 14 matches), held by Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya.
- The partnership of 103 runs between Tendulkar and Ganguly was India's best for the second wicket in the World Cup against Kenya, obliterating the previous best of 42 runs put on between S Ramesh and Rahul Dravid at Bristol in the 1999 World Cup. This stand was incidentally the only second three-figure partnership against Kenya in the World Cup after the unbeaten 159 runs between Englishmen Graeme Hick and Nasser Hussain at Centerbury in the 1999 World Cup.
- The Tendulkar-Ganguly partnership was India's best for any wicket at this venue. Dravid and Azharuddin had put on 81 runs against the home side on 13-2-1997 for the third wicket, while Tendulkar and Dravid had put on 66 also against the home side on 13-2-1997 for the second wicket.
- Ganguly's 22nd hundred (111 not out) of his career in his 228th match, was his third in this tournament. He joins Australian Mark Waugh, who also had three hundreds in the 1996 edition of the World Cup.
- Ganguly, in all, has four hundreds in the World Cup which equals the record tally of Australian Mark Waugh and teammate Tendulkar.
- This was Ganguly's 11th hundred in 99 matches as captain, the most by any captain in LOI history. He went ahead of Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, who has 10 hundreds in 115 matches as captain.
- By scoring his third hundred as captain in the World Cup, Ganguly betters the World record of most hundreds by a captain, whic was held by New Zealand's Glenn Turner.
- This was Ganguly's fifth hundred on South African soil -- the most by any visiting batsman -- Tendulkar has four. Ganguly also equals the tally of five hundreds held by Gary Kirsten -- the most hundreds by any batsman in South Africa.
- Ganguly now has 14 sixes in this tournament -- the most by any batsman. Canadian John Davison had hit 12 sixes. Ganguly's 14 sixes was also the maximum hit by any batsman in a single World Cup tournament. Kiwi left-hander Mark Greatbatch had hit 13 in the 1992 edition. For the record, Ganguly had also hit 12 in the 1999 World Cup. This means he has in total hit 26 sixes in the World Cup.
- Yuvraj Singh now has an aggregate of 1505 runs in 69 matches. He becomes the only second batsman in LOIs to reach this aggregate without appearing in a Test match. Kenyan Steve Tikolo, who has 1654 runs (in 60 matches), is the only other non-Test batsman with more LOI runs than Yuvraj.
- The partnership of 57 runs between Steve Tikolo and Collins Obuya was Kenya's best against India for the 8th wicket bettering the previous best of 23 runs between Collins Obuya and Tony Suji at Bloemfontein on 12-10-2001. The Tikolo-Obuya partnership was also the best for Kenya for the 8th wicket in the World Cup, eclipsing the previous best of 31 runs between Mohammad Sheikh and Aasif Karim against South Aftrica at Amsterdam on 26-5-1999.
- This win was India's eighth in a row since 19-2-2003, which equals India's best win sequence in LOIs from 20-2-1985 to 25-8-1985.
- This was also India's eighth successive victory in the World Cup. Only Australia (11 wins from 20-6-1999 to 18-3-2003) and West Indies (9 wins from 7-6-1975 to 23-6-1979) have more World Cup wins in a row than India.
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