American Telugu Association (ATA) conducted a thrilling Cricket Tournament at Camera Park in Glendale heights, Illinois on Saturday Sept 6th. The nail biting tournament concluded with Strike force team emerging as Champions in an electrifying finale against a terrific SRK Lions Team in the super over.
8 Teams participated in the event that followed a unique 7 overs and 7 Players format. ATA Secretary Sainath Reddy Boyapalli, Trustee RV Reddy and Ratnakar Arjula were instrumental in making this event a grand success. Excellent Camaraderie, Coordination, teamwork, and community spirit was on full display.
Legends, Yodhas, Strike force, Chicago Locals, Gabrus, NATS, ATA & SRK Lions battled it out in a very exciting tournament. All the teams played with much vitality and vigor and displayed excellent camaraderie and determinations. MVP award was granted to Anees from Strike Force, Best Batsman of the Tournament was awarded to Sumanth of SRK Lions.
Best Bowler of the Tournament was awarded to Venkat Puli of Strike Force. Winning & Runner up Captains Venkat Puli (Strike Force) and Bhadra Boppana (Legends) were honored with the gift cards. Winners were presented with the mementos by ATA Secretary Sainath Boyapalli, BOT ‘s Ven Reddy and RV Reddy with the blessings from ATA Founder Sri Hanumanth Reddy Garu and Well-wisher Sri KK Reddy Garu.
Event was well executed with the help of committee members Bhanu Swargam and Laxman Reddishetty. Venkat Thudi and Mahipal vancha also graced the event. ATA team congratulated the prominent community leaders Hema Kanuru, Madan Pamulapati and Praveen VemulaPalli for their unconditional support.
ATA Chicago team extends its sincere gratitude to all the players, volunteers and community members for their unwavering support. Ecstatic organizers announced that the overwhelming response inspires them to plan the future events on much a much bigger and grandeur scale.