India Post News Service
CHICAGO: UCL T20 night tournament was held for the first time at Skokie Sports Park Cricket ground. Guests present were Akhter Masood Chick, former Pakistani Cricket player, Dr. Husnain from Michigan, Syed Mushtaq Hussain, SyedIqbal, Faheem, Anwar Ul Haq. Iftikhar Shareef and Mohammed Rafi.
Syed Mushtaq Hussain started his speech with a minute’s silence for people who lost their lives due to Covid-19. The prize distribution ceremony was held later. Dinner was served by the organizers.
United cricket league night tournament closing ceremony was held on 24 September 2020 at Skokie Sports Park district cricket ground. Final match was played between Anjuman vs. Chicago Tornado.
Chicago tornado captain Jaimin Patel won the toss and decided to field first. Anjuman scored 215 in the first inning. Initially Anjuman lost a few wickets early. Then Ahsan Syed and Ayaz Patel played an extraordinary inning. Then the Chicago Tornado came to chase 216 runs. Viral Patel bowled extraordinarily and has done an extraordinary job in bowling too. He took six wickets. Viral Patel was man of the match.
Ayaz Patel was the man of the series. The Chicago Tornado collapsed early unfortunately them All out for 106. At the end both the teams have shown sportsmanship. Cricket lovers came to support the cricket final match in the ground. Crowd was a huge presence in the ground.
Adil Azeem (UCL president) in his thank you address, thanked all the teams who participated in UCL Night tournament, umpires (Shabbir Patel, Farhan Hashmi, Hanif Patel and Shaik Ahmed). The league MC, Sufiyan Dukanwala and all who supported the league. Adil Azeem (UCL president) humbly requested all cricket lovers to support cricket in Chicago.
The sponsors for the UCL night tournament were First Savings Bank, Pepsi, Happy Mortgage, Devon Discount Pharmacy, Air Tour Travels, Patel Brothers, Sabri Nahari and MP jewelers.
Adil Azeem was thankful to the management. Ayaz Patel (UCL web designer), Ahsan Syed (scheduler), Sufiyan Dukaanwala (UCL Manager), Javed Patel (league Advisor), Ather Syed (league Advisor), Mohammed Afroz (league Advisor), Syed Ahmed (league Advisor), Shaik Ahmed (league Advisor).