JOHANNESBURG, January 16: India comfortably beat Kenya by 175 runs while Zimbabwe staged a major upset in the under-19 World Cup cricket tournament currently under way in South Africa with a fine five-wicket win over the West Indies.A splendid knock of 126 by opening batsman R Sodhi helped India post an impressive 253 for nine wickets against the East Africans who collapsed to 78 all out in reply.There was humiliations for England as well when they lost to Bangladesh, who were given little hope. Zimbabwe's victory saw the West Indies being knocked out of the 16-nation tournament which began on Sunday.The Caribbean side were stranded at 234 for eight off their 50 overs while Greg Barrett (67) and Mark Vermuelen (67) laid the foundation for the Zimbabwe victory.For Bangladesh, it was Mehrab Hossain and Al-Shahriar Rokon who sparked the victory celebrations. They added 96 for the fourth wicket with Hossain playing an attacking innings as they chased a target of 224.For South Africa's under-19 cricket team, it was the easiest day of the tournament - a comfortable eight-wicket victory and an afternoon next to the swimming pool.After bowling Scotland out for 110 at Potchefstroom University, South Africa lost two quick wickets, but Michael Lumb and Morne Van Wyk were untroubled in rattling off the runs.Scoring at more than 5.50 runs an over, Lumb (51) and Van Wyk (54) were not out when they won the game. Wasfie Samsodien bagged three wickets in the Scottish innings and Goolam Bodi was impressive with his left-arm wrist spin.Top scores of the day came from New Zealander James Marshall with 164 off 143 balls in their total of 327 for seven on their way to a 212 victory against Namibia; and Australian Scott Kremerskothen, who also blasted 164, although this was off only 113 balls.Kremerskothen's massive score saw Australia to 398 for six against Papua New Guinea, who could only manage 139 in reply.Other matches went pretty much according to expectations, with Sri Lanka beating Denmark by seven wickets after the Danes only managed to amass 97 runs between them.Pakistan beat Ireland by 153 runs in a match which saw a top score of 84 from young Pakistani opener Inam ul-Haq.SCOREBOARDIndia: R Sodhi c F Otieno b A Mboya 126, A Pagnis run out 19, M Kaif lbw Odoyo 50, V Sehwag c Kamal b F Otieno 3, R Shulkar c Odoyo b A Mboya 18, R Shanbag c E Mboyo b A Mboyo 2, S Singh run out 0, A Solanki c F Otieno b A Mboyo 5, H Singh c E Mboya b A Mboyo 4, V Saravanan not out 6, A Bandral not out 2, Extras (lb3, nb5, w10): 18. Total (for nine wickets, in 50 overs): 253Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-185, 3-190, 4-234, 5-234, 6-236, 7-239, 8-243, 9-245Bowling: A Mboya 9-0-47-5, Kamande 6-0-31-0, Odoyo 10-0-49-1, Babu 8-0-32-0, F Otieno 10-0-51-1, C Otieno 5-0-27-0, Gopal 2-0-13-0Kenya: D Oboya c S Singh b H Singh 24, A Janmohammed lbw Bhandari 1, S Karmali c Pagnis b Bhandari 9, T Odoyo run out 25, F Otieno b Solanki 2, J Kamande b Solanki 1, E Mboya run out 4, N Gopal st Shanbag b H Singh 1, J Ababu st Shanbag b H Singh 1, A Mboya st Shanbag b Solanki 0, C Otieno not out 0, Extras (b1, nb3, w6): 10. Total (all out in 28.2 overs): 78Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-20, 3-51, 4-59, 5-61, 6-72, 7-73, 8-78, 9-78Bowling: Bhandari 7-2-21-2, Shukla 7-0-29-0, H Singh 7.2-4-5-3, Solanki 7-0-22-3.
