Pathan spurs Baroda to win over Kenya

Baroda Cricket Association XI 234 for 7 (Pathan 106, Shah 43, Odhiambo 3-34) beat Kenya 188 (Kamande 60, Patel 44, Singh 5-34) by 46 runs
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A barnstorming hundred from hard-hitting Yusuf Pathan set the platform for Baroda Cricket Associaton XI's 46-run win over Kenya in the opening match of the Kenya Tri-Series tournament between Kenya, Baroda and Gujarat.

In a game reduced to 35 overs each, Pathan came in with Baroda in a little bit of strife at 47 for 3 after being asked to bat by Kenya. He then proceeded to pound the Kenyan bowlers into submission. By the time he fell to Nehemiah Odhiambo, Pathan had smashed a dozen boundaries and seven sixes in the course of making 106 off just 60 balls. Odhiambo was the bowler to end up with respectable figures, taking 3 for 34, as Baroda finished with 234 for 7.

A brisk 73-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Rakep Patel and Jimmy Kamande kept Kenya interested, but the target always looked beyond them. Swapnil Singh was the destroyer-in-chief, taking five for 34 in seven overs as Kenya were bowled out for 188.