Claim: Elijah Otieno was selected for Kenya in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Championship(a form of cricket played between two teams in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs) where he played in all the matches.
Evidence: He was then selected for Kenya in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Championship. Although he did not play in any of the matches at the Twenty20 World Championships, Otieno was retained in the national team squad for the visit of the Canadian national team, making his One Day International debut in the first match of the three match series in Nairobi.