CU TRIUMPHS OVER BOLINGBROOK and CHICAGO REDS EDGES ZALMI Venky (89* in 91 balls), Dhruv (41 in 17) Aaron (4 wkts) N William (3 wkts), Anirudh (40 in 18), Najmi (4-2-7-2) and Koti (4-0-21-3) lead wins

  • September 3, 2020

Bolingbrook CC vs CU

Chicago United won the toss and elected to bat against the well experienced Bolingbrook CC line up. CU got off to a solid start with openers Venky (Venkatesh Naidu) and rampage batsman Anirudh Jonnavitula. Ani scored quick with 40 of 28 (3x4s and 2*6’s). Venky kept his calm right from the beginning of the innings till the very end and played a brilliant knock to score 89*(93 balls). Dhruv Duggal played a beautiful cameo to score 41 of 17 balls with four huge maximums. CU set up a humongous target of 246 runs to Bolingbrook CC.CU opened their bowling with midwest region’s top all-rounders, speedster Koti Vanga and smart spinner Najam Iqbal (Najmi). The Bolingbrook batsmen were put into pressure right from the first ball as Koti picked up a wicket on the very first over. While the batsmen were rapid firing runs, Aaron Fernandes was impressive with the ball picking up 4 wickets in his six overs. Hammad Bakshi (30), Saad Hassan (36) and Minhaj Uddin (37) looked good with the bat for Bolingbrook CC. However, Nadeem William, another CU’s dangerous all-rounder picked up 3 wickets. Najmi picked up 2 wickets to wrap Bolingbrook batting for 200 runs in 27.5 overs, a convincing win for Chicago United as it continues to lead the points table. While skipper Sami M Khan and Hasan Bemat were rested, Najmi led the ‘Men in Red’ to forty runs victory .

Chicago Reds vs Zalmi

Winning the Toss, Chicago Reds (powered by CU) chose to field on a warm Sunday morning. Zalmi batsmen struggled to score runs against the Mighty bowling attack of Chicago reds. With Najmi opening the bowling attack for the Reds, the Zalmi batsmen couldn’t find any ways to score runs. Najam Bakshi bowled a brilliant spell of ( 4-2-7-2) and Koti Vanga picked up 3 wickets for 21 runs to wrap the Zalmi batting for for 87 runs.With 88 to win in 20 overs, Reds opened the batting with the in-form opener Anirudh scored a quick 40 of 18 deliveries, hitting ball all over the park. It was an easy task for Chicago Reds as they chased the target in the 7th over, an eight wicket win!#ChicagoUnited#ChicagoCricket#USAcricket