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Amit Karmarkar | TNN

Pune's gift to World Cup: An upset that still resonates, 27 years on

The city will be hosting its first World Cup game since Maurice Odumbe's Kenya famously beat the West Indies in 1996

An ODI World Cup generally comes after four years. An associate member beating former world champions - an upset of considerable magnitude - probably comes once in four decades. It needed a leap of faith on a leap year's day - February 29, 1996 - when Maruice Odumbe's Kenya beat the West Indies at Nehru stadium in Pune in the World Cup.

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