TITANS SHRINK AT CHICAGO REDS

  • July 8, 2020

In their first appearance at United Cricket League, Chicago Reds (powered by Chicago United) faced Titans. Titans won the toss and elected to bat.The excitement of two new debutants (Aaron F and Sachin V) with Ragunathan Saminathan and Srivatsa back in the squad continued thru the match. Messado S (4-0-13-2) opened the bowling and shared the ball with Aaron. Titans openers Salman and Salman (Karbhari and Master) started of well and aggressively in the T20 mode. However Salman M was caught at 16 on the board in the second over. Hanif Patel stabilized the batting with third and fourth wicket partnerships of 25 runs each with Lukman Patel and Faizan Mathiya respectively.With the ball, Abdul Karim (Kaxim Kareem / 4-0-14-3) Mohammed Samiuddin (4-0-25-1) did well along with Messado who finished well. A brilliant catch by Sumukha Kp was a highlight of Reds’ fielding. Venky kept brilliantly with several stumping that went in favor of the batsmen.Going into bat, Reds openers Anirudh Jonnavitula (35 in 29) and Aaron F (16 of 10) we’re challenged with 129 runs on the board . Both got off to an impressive start . However Venkatesh Naidu (32 in 33) and Sachin V (39 in 28) fetched Reds their first win in the 17th over. An eight wicket win! A good start for Chicago Reds as they look forward to an exciting competition.