5 surprising ODI defeats for India against weaker opponents

2. Kenya stuns India again at Port Elizabeth, 2001

Thomas Odoyo’s all-round brilliance helped Kenya beat India a second time

By the turn of the millennium, Kenya had managed to prove their ability in ODI cricket by toppling a few top teams. In 2001, they took part in a triangular tournament which was hosted by South Africa and also featured India. The Kenyans had already beaten Team India once in the past but there was a question mark over them doing it again.

A strong Indian team including Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble and a young Yuvraj Singh faced up against Kenya in the 6th match of the series. After winning the toss and batting first, the Kenyan team scored 246 in their 50 overs and were helped by half-centuries from Kennedy Otieno, Ravindu Shah and Thomas Odoyo.

India suffered an early blow as Sachin fell for just 3 runs from 24 balls. Sourav Ganguly put on a brief resistance but he too got out for 24 with Dravid and Yuvraj following in quick succession. Harbhajan Singh and Jacob Martin scored 37 and 36 respectively but were unable to rescue the Indians as they were dismissed for 176 and lost the game by 70 runs.