India advanced to the cricket World Cup final on Thursday when they defeated Kenya by 91 runs.
The Indians will meet defending champions Australia in Sunday's final in Johannesburg.
India captain Saurav Ganguly equalled the World Cup record of four centuries with an unbeaten 111 in his team's imposing 270 for four.
His third hundred of the 2003 tournament put him equal with team mate Sachin Tendulkar and Australian Mark Waugh. Tendulkar scored 83.
Steve Tikolo top-scored for Kenya with 56 in a total of 179 all out from 46.2 overs.
Scoreboard
India
V Sehwag c Odumbe b Ongondo 33
S Tendulkar c D.Obuya b Tikolo 83
S Ganguly not out 111
M Kaif run out 15
Y Singh c D.Obuya b Odoyo 16
R Dravid not out 1
Extras (9w, 2nb) 11
Total (for four wickets, 50 overs) 270
Fall of wickets: 1-74 2-177 3-233 4-267
Bowling: Suji 10-1-62-0, Odoyo 10-1-45-1, Ongondo 10-1-38-1,
Karim 4-0-25-0, Tikolo 10-0-60-1, C Obuya 6-0-40-0
Kenya
K Otieno c Dravid b Srinath 15
R Shah lbw b Khan 1
P Ongondo c Khan b Nehra 0
T Odoyo c Sehwag b Nehra 7
S Tikolo b Tendulkar 56
M Odumbe c Khan b Yuvraj Singh 19
H Modi c Dravid b Khan 9
D Obuya run out 3
C Obuya lbw b Tendulkar 29
M Suji b Khan 1
A.Karim not out 0
Extras (16b, 8lb, 15w) 39
Total (all out, 46.2 overs) 179
Fall of wickets: 1-20 2-21 3-31 4-36 5-63 6-92 7-104 8-161
9-179
Bowling: Khan 9.2-2-14-3, Srinath 7-1-11-1, Nehra 5-1-11-2,
Harbhajan Singh 10-1-32-0, Yuvraj Singh 6-0-43-1, Sehwag
3-1-16-0, Tendulkar 6-0-28-2
Result: India won by 91 runs
- REUTERS
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