Kenya v Canada: ICC World Cup 2011- Ashish Bahai and Jimmy Kamande
Captains can make all the difference in the performance of a squad especially when he has to lead from the front, which can encourage his fellow teammates to perform.
We are going to analyse Jimmy Kamande of Kenya and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Bagai-c46284 of Canada, the two skippers, who are leading their sides in the ICC World Cup 2011.
Ashish Bagai was born on 26th January, 1982 at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, and migrated to Canada. He is a specialist wicketkeeper and a solid right-hand batsman. Bagai captain’s the present Canadian team participating in the tournament.
He was declared the best wicket keeper of the tournament in the 1996 Under-15 cricket World Cup.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 snatched 5 wickets
and took the match away from them.
Bagai has played 57 One Day International (ODI) matches for Canada, which are a record number of appearances for any Canadian cricketer in this form of cricket.
He holds the record for being the highest scorer in a match for Canada when he scored an unbeaten 137 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 on 31st January, 2007 at Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi. He shared a 100-run partnership with
Asif Mulla in that match where the latter scored 48 runs but Canada lost that thriller by 7 runs.
He made his ODI debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 on 11th of February, 2003 at Kingsmead, Durban, which Canada won by 60 runs.
Bagai held 3 catches in that match. He has a brilliant record as a keeper, snatched 54 catches and 9 stumpings. He has scored 1774 runs at a healthy average of 36.20 with the highest of an unbeaten 137 with 2 centuries and 14 fifties.
Bagai has appeared in 12 World Cup matches, scored 156 runs at an average of 14.18 runs, held 15 catches with 2 stumpings.
Jimmy Kabatha Kamande was born on 12th December, 1978 at Muranga. He is a right-hand batsman and right-arm off break bowler and has played for Kenya and Nairobi Gymkhana.
His breakthrough in cricket came when he was selected for the Kenyan Under-19 squad, and later went on to play for Kenya. He was reported for a suspect action but amended his action, and developed himself as an off-spinner with improved batting skills. He
is now an integral part of the Kenyan squad and leads them in the World Cup.
He made his ODI debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 on 15th of May, 1999 at County Ground, Taunton and has played 84 games. He has scored 1033 runs at an average of 17.21 runs, the best of 74 runs with 3 fifties. He has taken 46 wickets at an average of 45.60
with the best of 4/36 runs.
Kamande has appeared in 8 World Cup matches, scored 34 runs and has taken 4 wickets.
Canada and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi. Both teams have played three matches in the tournament losing all of them. They will be appearing in their fourth match each,
where one team will win points for the first time in this event.
It will be a competitive match and both captains should have made a few plans to overcome the opposition and exploit their weaknesses. Canada has played twice against Kenya in the World Cup, in 2003 and 2007, but has lost both matches and will be looking
for their first win in the big event.
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