PHARR — Spiced chai coffee and Indian dishes were served and munched on as the cricketers played on their makeshift field as the sport returned to the Rio Grande Valley.
The India Association of the Rio Grande Valley began its seventh annual cricket tournament last weekend at Dr. William Long City Park. The tournament is comprised of five teams playing Saturdays and Sundays every weekend at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. until the tournament ends Sunday, Nov. 12.
Teams compete in the India Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. Cricket is a game played between two teams of 11 players on a field at the center of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Team Vaqueros bowler Shahriar Ahmend goes through the motions and releases a bowl, or pitch, towards a batsman while umpire Abhay Desai referee’s the game during the India Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Team Vaqueros bowler Shahriar Ahmend releases a bowl towards a batsman during the India’s Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Teams compete in the India Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. Cricket is a game played between two teams of 11 players on a field at the center of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Bilal Bin Hafeez bowls a pitch towards a batsman during the India Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Wicket-keeper Anyet Ullah attempts to catch a ball during the India Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Shahriar Ahmend bowls a ball to the batsman during the India Association of the RGV’s 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, Oct. 21 2023, in Pharr. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Pradeep Reddy Gunna bowls a ball to the batsman during a game of cricket during India Association of the RGV 7th annual cricket tournament at Dr. William Long City Park on Saturday, October 21 2023 in Pharr. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
