Central Railway derail AG for VCA Corporate Trophy title

NAGPUR: Central Railway edged out Accountant General (AG) Maharashtra by a solitary wicket to clinch the title of the GK Kelkar Memorial VCA Corporate Trophy which concluded at the VCA Jamtha ground on Friday.
In an exciting final, Central Railway, after restricting AG Maharashtra for a mere 106 for 9, struggled throughout and were reeling at 76 for eight in 14.3 overs.
However, Shailesh Harbade slammed an unbeaten 20 off 17 balls, while last-man Rahul Jadhav gave him solid support to ensure the win for the railmen.
Opener Sanjog Binkar had contributed 20 at the start of the innings. AG Maharashtra leg-spinner Samir Khare captured four wickets but his effort went in vain.
Earlier, Nirmal Urban Co-op Bank trounced Union Bank by 46 runs to clinch the third spot. Man-of-the-match Rushabh Rathod displayed splendid all-round performance to help his team win the match quite easily.
Brief Scores:
Final: AG Maharashtra 106-9 in 20 overs (Aditya Sarwate 51, Samir Khare 16; Manish Rao 3-2, Salil Agarkar 2-25) lost to Central Railway 110-9 in 19.5 overs (Sanjog Binkar 20, Shailesh Harbade 20 not out; Samir Khare 4-18, Aditya Sarwate 2-7) by 1 wicket.
Man-of-the-final: Shailesh Harbade
Man-of-the-series: Samir Khare and Aniruddha Chore.
Third place play-off match: Niraml Urban Co-op Bank 146-5 in 20 overs (Aniruddha Chore 53, Rushabh Rathod 42, Akshay Wadkar 23, Jitesh Sharma 12; Raj Choudhary 2-23) bt Union Bank 100 in 18.4 overs (Ankit Tiwari 37, Abhishek Chourasia 15; Rushabh Rathod 4-27, Jitesh Sharma 2-19, Pawan Yadav 1-11, Nihal Poriddiwar 1-21) by 46 runs.