ASKARI LEADS CU’s WIN AGAINST CARDINALS

  • August 11, 2019

Chicago United played their first turf wicket match of the season. Due to wicket conditions, the match was reduced to 27 overs. CU won the toss and elected to bat. Challenged by Cardinals bowling, CU’s batting and runs did not stabilized until Askari fired a rapid 60 runs in 30 balls. Earlier in the CU’s innings, Shayan’s 29 runs made an impact to CU’s 144 runs on the board.
Coming into bat, Cardinals had a good start with a 52 runs 1st wicket partnership. Mayank Patel’s 62 in 66 balls was most impressive in the Cardinals batting line up. At one point, the match was evenly balanced. Askari ‘Express’ was brought in to destabilized Cardinals batting. Askari stunned the Cardinals with an impressive spell of 6-0-19-4 leading a 22 runs victory for CU.