Strikers - Div D Champions

After a thumping victory against Sammamish Blazers in Semifinals, Bellevue Strikers marched into finals with full confidence. With each match, Strikers is becomming more strong in terms of team composition, players form and performing in critical situations. Winning the toss, Bellevue Strikers chose to bowl. It was not an ideal start for Strikers as Srikanth started the attack with a NO BALL. But Shankar made sure we dont give away too much confidence to Blazers by picking up a wicket in the 1st ball of his spell. Blazers then started slowly and tried to stabilize the innings by scoring 64 runs in 9 overs by losing just 1 wicket. When we thought the game was slipping away from strikers, Sunny made a brilliant comeback by removing their opener Shanthan(35 of 30 balls) who was looking solid. Abhijeet bolwed next over and got another wicket(Anjaneya Malpani). Things were mostly under control but Strikers could not stop leaking runs due to the various conditions). Eventually Blazers ended up with 141/9 at the end of 20 overs.

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Strikers innings were quite contrast in comparision with Blazers as strikers' openers provided a beautiful start by scoring 78 in first 7 overs. Avinash scored a brilliant .

Highlights

1. Srikanth scored a quick 36 off 16 balls to ensure Strikers got to a good total.
2. Mahi bowled beautifully as usual. He ended up taking just 1 wicket but he only gave 5 runs in 4 overs.
3. Kishore bowled good by taking 4 runs and giving just 13 runs in his 4 overs.
4. Avinash bowled another excellent spell by giving just 11 runs in 4 overs and taking a crucial wicket.

Kishore Kumar Kolipaka

Kishore Kumar Kolipaka joined Bellevue Cricket Club in 2018 and has played for all 4 club teams, captaining multiple squads. When he's not dominating matches for the Strikers, Blasters, Chargers, or Smashers, Kishore works as a Data Engineer at Amazon

Strikers - Div D Champions