RUBY Colts chased down Navniketan Cricket Club’s challenging tally of 297 under the lights at the VCA’s Jamtha Stadium to emerge as champions of the Guzder League ‘A’ Division One-Day Tournament at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium on Sunday. Vedant Dighade anchored the Navniketan innings with a splendid 123 off 132 balls, hitting 12 boundaries and a six after Ruby Colts won the toss and elected to bowl. Dighade shared an opening stand of 92 runs with Akshay Ahuja (48) and 98 with Mohd Faiz (40). Dighade was the ninth batter to be dismissed at the score of 281 as Navniketan innings folded for 297. Ruby Colts, who had successfully chased down MRCC’s tally of 341 in the semi-final, went about their task in a brisk manner.

 

Their openers Sachin Katariya (40) and Iknoor Singh (62) added 89 runs in only 13.1 overs to lay a strong foundation for the chase. Iknoor got good support from Rohit Binkar (25) and Abhishek Agrawal (37) to take them close. Addhyan Rauthan (67*; 71b, 4x4, 6x2) and Swapnil Singh (15*) saw them home with an unfinished seventh wicket stand of 44 runs with two overs to spare. Brief Scores: Navniketan Cricket Club 297 all out in 49.5 overs (Vedant Dighade 123, Akshay Agarwal 48, Mohd Faiz 40; Sanmesh Deshmukh 3-54, Varun Bisht 3-60). Ruby Colts 298-6 in 48 overs (Sachin Katariya 40, Iknoor Singh 62, Abhishek Agrawal 37, Rohit Binkar 25, Addhyan Rauthan 67 not out; Shreyash Padole 3-41, Varun Palandurkar 3-58).