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A cricket team from India toured East Africa in mid-1967 playing games against Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as well as against other local teams. A match against the full East African team at the end of the tour was given first-class status.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/7/India_in_East_Africa_1967.html |title=India in East Africa 1967 |publisher=[[CricketArchive]] |access-date=19 January 2024 }}</ref>
==Tour matches==
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 29-31 July 1967
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Uganda}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 146 (77.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Lawrence Fernandes (cricketer)|Lawrence Fernandes]] 29
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rusi Surti]] 3/21 (9.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 254 (92 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Virani Noordin]] 96
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 4/53 (21 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|India|name=Indians}}
| score-team2-inns1 = 273 (61.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ramesh Saxena]] 85
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kishore Vasani]] 4/77 (16.2 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 130/4 (35 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Chandu Borde]] 54*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Lawrence Fernandes (cricketer)|Lawrence Fernandes]] 1/11 (3 overs)
| result = Indians won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/28/28986.html scorecard]
| venue = Lugogo Stadium, Kampala
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss = Uganda won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 5-7 August 1967
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Kenya}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 241 (95 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jawahir Shah]] 96
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bishan Singh Bedi|Bishan Bedi]] 5/66 (32 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 277/7 (127 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Jawahir Shah]] 134
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sadanand Mohol]] 4/56 (27 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|India|name=Indians}}
| score-team2-inns1 = 425/2d (85 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 179
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Don Pringle]] 4/99 (28 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29010.html scorecard]
| venue = Suleman Virjee Indian Gymkhana Ground, Nairobi
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss = Kenya won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 12-14 August 1967
| team1 = {{cr-rt|India|name=Indians}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 215 (74.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Budhi Kunderan]] 81
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Vasant Tapu]] 4/35 (24 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 203/5d (37.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 65
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Ramnik Volumbia 1/10 (5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Tanzania}}
| score-team2-inns1 = 95 (42.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Praful Mehta]] 25
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 8/25 (14.1	overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 79/1 (22 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[R. D. Patel (cricketer)|R. D. Patel]] 40*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]] 1/17 (4 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29039.html scorecard]
| venue = Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss = Toss not known
| rain =
}}
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{{single-innings cricket match
| date = 17 August 1967
| team1 = Indian High Commissioner's XI
| score1 = 226
| runs1 = [[Jasmer Singh Grewal]] 57
| wickets1 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 3/26
| team2 = {{cr|India|name=Indians}}
| score2 = 230/8
| runs2 = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]] 98
| wickets2 = [[Zulfiqar Ali (Kenyan cricketer)|Zulfiqar Ali]] 4/67
| result = Indians won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/138/138817.html scorecard]
| venue = Nairobi
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss = Toss not known
| rain =
| notes = 12 players per side
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 19-21 August 1967
| team1 = {{cr-rt|East Africa}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 308 (110.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Upendra Patel]] 105
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sadanand Mohol]] 4/66 (25 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 276 (102.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Anil Lakhani]] 58<br>[[R. D. Patel (cricketer)|R. D. Patel]] 58
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 5/73 (22 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|India|name=Indians}}
| score-team2-inns1 = 386/9d (88 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Hanumant Singh]] 109
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vasant Tapu]] 5/72 (17 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 199/2 (21.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 86*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vasant Tapu]] 1/45 (7 overs)
| result = Indians won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29058.html scorecard]
| venue = Lugogo Stadium, Kampala
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss = Indians won the toss and decided to field
| rain =
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{International cricket tours of Kenya}}
[[Category:1967 in cricket]]
[[Category:East Africa in international cricket]]
[[Category:1967 in Indian cricket]]