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S. GitahiKenya men's cricket team touch down in Namibia for final T20 World Cup Qualifiers
Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 20.11.23. | 21:30
In Windhoek, the team will face all of Rwanda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in the one week round-robin tournament
Kenya’s team to the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers in Namibia landed on Monday afternoon in readiness for the regional finals slated for Wednesday 22- Thursday 30 November 2023.
The team of 15 players and five technical members and officials traveled for the tournament that is the final qualification pathway for next year’s tournament early Monday, where they are expected to battle Africa’s top sides for the top two valuable spots.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier to be hosted in our beautiful city, Windhoek🇳🇦
— Official Cricket Namibia (@CricketNamibia1) November 15, 2023
Participating teams: @CricketKenya, @TanzaniaCricket, Cricket Namibia, @RwandaCricket, @ZimCricketv, @CricketUganda & @cricket_nigeria @CityOfWindhoek #CricketNamibia #ICCT20WCQ pic.twitter.com/TLycnDe7ls
Kenya gained their route in the finals after dominating their sub-regional qualifiers late last year, when they won their Qualifier A by recording five wins over Rwanda, Mali, Malawi, Lesotho, Saint Helena and Botswana to book top spot and seal automatic qualification.
Rwanda, with five wins and a loss, finished second with 11 points, also qualifying for the finals.
In Namibia, the two nations will be joined by the hosts, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in the one week round-robin tournament.
Whoever finishes in the top two positions, will make the finals to be hosted by the West Indies and the United States from 4 June to 30 June 2024.
Kenya’s first game will be against Rwanda at the United and Wanderers Cricket Grounds on Wednesday 22 November from 1030 EAT, before squaring off with Nigeria and Tanzania on Thursday and Saturday respectively.
The games will provide a first look for new head coach Lameck Onyango, who recalled Pushkar Sharma to the lineup after his exploits in the NPCA Super Division 50 Overs League, where he was the second best batter with 730 runs.
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The evergreen Collins Obuya also made the team, and one that will be skippered by Rakep Patel.
FULL SQUAD: Collins Obuya, Irfan Karim, Nelson Odhiambo, Vraj Patel, Francis Mutua, Sukhdeep Singh, Emmanuel Bundi, Shem Ngoche, Lucas Oluoch, Sachin Bhudia, Vishil Patel, Rakep Patel (C), Gerald Mwendwa, Rushab Patel.
RESERVE: Peter Koech.
