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Rowdies beat Hurricanes yet again in
an exciting last over thriller
OUR BUREAU try, Urvsish opened the innings with
Ravi Shah, who has been known to
Chicago, IL
dabble in the opening if needed.
hicago Rowdies vs Chicago However, this time Javid got
Hurricanes cricket match held him out for a cheap 5 run stint to a
Cat the Skokie Sports Park in lbw. Sargam Patel, the next batter
Skokie, Illinois on September 06, in line, started off slow but gained
2022. Rowdies have been victorious momentum. He managed to put up
in four out of six of their prior games, 2 partnerships back-to-back with
one of which they won against Hurri- Pruthvish for 81 runs and with Man-
canes with 18 runs. an for 79 runs. He succumbed to a
catch by Javid off Saeed Gantiwala,
The Hurricanes have had a de- but not before he scored a whopping
75 of 50 balls. Pruthvish and Manan
cent season themselves and both put up 53 and 50 runs to the
only two of the seven games total. All the efforts from Hurricanes
they have played. Both teams could only get them close to total
were in the running to claim but not to the win. Rowdies won this
exciting match by 6 runs. Javid Pa-
the top spot which would en- tel was adjudged the Player of the
sure a direct entry to the finals. Match for his contribution with his
bat 33/12 and 2 wickets for an econ
Both Rowdies and Hurricanes rate of 7.75
The guest of honor Manishku-
were in the top 3 followed very mar Patel from Nirav Foods was
closely by The Destroyers. also present to view the tantalizing
able to do very little against the good partnership with Mohsin for game. This was the first time that
Rowdies won the toss and de- opening bowlers Pruthvish Patel and 44 runs. Javid Patel’s 33 off 12 balls Manish was available for a game
cided to bat first, the same as the last Garv Khera. Moin who was striking was the highlight of the game. At a and he said he enjoyed the competi-
encounter with Hurricanes. Skokie well was the first to fall at a mere 20 strike rate of 275.00 it was a sight to tion between Hurricanes and Row-
ground has proven to be favorable runs to Purthvish. Wasim followed be seen. The Rowdies managed to dies. Manish has been actively sup-
to the team batting first fifty percent soon after with only 4 runs. Sohel put some more runs up with their porting club cricket for more than 2
of the times, which is not something Patel and Mohsin Detraliya showed middle and lower order batting sup- decades, but this was the first time
you look past when you want to win. aggression with their partnership of portively to end at 216 runs, a mas- Nirav Foods supported the game at
Wasim and Moin Patel opened 55 runs. Ayaz Patel who came af- sive target to chase. the league level.
the innings for Rowdies but were ter Sohel also managed to put in a In the absence of Dhairya Mis- --Asian Media USA
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