With the threat of rain looming large, India got through 25 overs in a hurry. Once again the seamers did a great job, removing the first four Kenyan wickets with just 36 runs on the board. Zaheer Khan drew first blood, trapping Ravindu Shah plumb in front after the opener had scored a painstaking solitary run off 17 balls. Peter Ongondo, sent in as a pinch hitter, then fell to Ashish Nehra for a duck. Opener Kennedy Otieno, for his part, looked all at sea until he was put out of his misery in the 14th over, caught behind for 15 off a perfectly pitched up Javagal Srinath delivery. Soon, Thomas Odoyo (7) and Maurice Odumbe (20) also fell, as Ganguly marshaled his troops efficiently while ensuring that even the rain gods could not deny India their rightful place in the final.