Chicago Tigers (cricket)

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Chicago Tigers
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League Minor League Cricket
ConferenceCentral Division (Pacific Conference)
Personnel
Captain Calvin Savage
OwnerRaiders Unlimited
Chief executiveVishal Shah
Team information
City Chicago, Illinois
Colours  Orange, and   Black.
Founded2022;2 years ago (2022)
Home ground Hanover Park
Capacity2,000
History
Notable players
Official website chicagotigerscricket.com
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The Chicago Tigers are an American professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that compete in Minor League Cricket (MiLC). The team is based in Chicago, Illinois. It was formed in 2022 as part of 3 new teams to play in the 2022 season of Minor League Cricket. [1] The franchise is owned by Raiders Unlimited. [2]

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The team's home ground is Hanover Park, located near Chicago, Illinois. [3] Ex-South African cricketers Calvin Savage and Marques Ackerman helm captaincy and vice-captaincy duties respectively. [4] [5]

Saad Ali and Sami Sohail currently top the bowling and batting leaderboards with 405 runs and 22 wickets respectively. [6] [7]

Franchise history

Background

Talks of an American Twenty20 league formed in November 2018, before USA Cricket became the new governing body of cricket in the United States. [8] [9] In May 2021, USA Cricket announced that they had accepted a bid by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) for a US$1 billion investment covering the league and other investments benefiting the U.S. national teams. [10]

In an Annual General Meeting on February 21, 2020, it was announced that USA Cricket was planning to launch Major League Cricket in 2021 and Minor League Cricket that summer, [11] but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic [12] and due to the lack of high-quality cricket stadiums in the USA. [13] Major League Cricket was pushed to a summer-2023 launch [14] and Minor League Cricket was pushed back to July 31, 2021. [15]

In 2020, MLC launched the Chicago Catchers, the predecessor cricket team to the Chicago Tigers. The Catchers performed poorly during the inaugural season of Minor League Cricket, which thus forced MLC to terminate the Catchers after the season ended amid internal issues within the franchise. [16] [17]

Following the termination of the Catchers, MLC announced the formation of the Tigers in May 2022, ahead of the 2022 Minor League Cricket season draft. [17] It was later announced that the Tigers was owned by Raiders Unlimited, which was owned by sports enthusiast and business entrepreneur Vishal Shah. [2]

2022 season

Ahead of the 2022 season, Major League Cricket announced that the draft for that season would take place on May 12. [18] Ahead of the official season, it was announced that Calvin Savage and Marques Ackerman would helm captaincy and vice-captaincy duties throughout the season. [4] [5]

Throughout the season, the Tigers lost to the Strikers and Lashings once, [19] won once and lost once against the Athletics, Mustangs, and Americans, [20] won once against the Surf Riders, and won twice against the Blasters. [20] The Tigers finished second in their group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, wherein they lost to the Strikers 2-1 in a best-of-three series. [21]

Current squad

NameNat.Birth dateBatting styleBowling styleSigned yearNotes
Batsmen
Charan Sai Teja Flag of the United States.svg 25 May 1996 (age 27)Left-handedRight-arm medium 2022
Karan Kumar Flag of England.svg 8 September 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2022Overseas
Rishi Mehta Flag of the United States.svg 13 November 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast 2022
All-rounders
Calvin Savage Flag of South Africa.svg 4 January 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2022Overseas captain
Deepchand Pinnaka Flag of the United States.svg 17 July 1990 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2022
Kushal Ganji Flag of the United States.svg 31 December 1996 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2022
Manan Patel Flag of the United States.svg 16 May 1987 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2022
Marques Ackerman Flag of South Africa.svg 1 March 1996 (age 27)Left-handedRight-arm off break 2022Overseas vice-captain
Mittansh Nithiyanandam Flag of the United States.svg 26 April 2006 (age 17)Left-handedLeft-arm medium 2022
Ocarie Sims Flag of the United States.svg 11 February 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 2022
Prateer Mehta Flag of the United States.svg 25 June 1996 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast 2022
Ranadeep Aleti Flag of the United States.svg 12 July 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2022
Rohit Thete Flag of the United States.svg 10 April 1990 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2022
Sami Sohail Flag of Malawi.svg 29 January 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2022
Saad Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg 5 October 1993 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm medium 2022
Tejas Visal Flag of the United States.svg 3 March 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg break googly 2022
Wicket-keepers
Sunny Bhatti Flag of the United States.svg 30 December 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast 2022

Statistics

Most runs

Nat.PlayerSpanMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS10050
Flag of Pakistan.svg Saad Ali 2022–present131340533.756901
Flag of South Africa.svg Marques Ackerman 2022–present161631621.077301
Flag of England.svg Karan Kumar2022–present131329727.007102
Flag of South Africa.svg Calvin Savage 2022–present131327230.224900
Flag of the United States.svg Charan Sai Teja2022–present121220917.425401

Source: CricClubs, Last updated: 9 January 2023

Most wickets

Nat.PlayerSpanMatchesWicketsAvgBBIEconSR4w5w
Flag of Malawi.svg Sami Sohail 2022–present162219.686/338.2014.411
Flag of South Africa.svg Calvin Savage 2022–present131715.124/95.2417.310
Flag of the United States.svg Ranadeep Aleti2022–present161525.133/306.7322.400
Flag of the United States.svg Pruthvish Patel2022–present161424.794/318.2618.010
Flag of the United States.svg Deepchand Pinnaka2022–present7718.573/147.6514.600

Source: CricClubs, Last updated: 9 January 2023

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