Sai Aakar thrashed NCW Star to clinch their maiden Royal Premier Cricket League (RPCL) title at Mecosabagh Methodist School ground in Kadbi Chowk. In the final, Sai Aakar defeated NSW Star by 24 runs to claim their maiden title. Making first use of the track Sai Aakar put up 103 for five in eight overs. Saket Bhongade scored highest 45 runs while Sanket contributed 15 and Rohit Rathi 20. For NCW Star, Kartavya took three wickets. In reply, NCW Star could score 79-7 only. Mohit Shinde (19) and Kunal Sawarkar (33) were the scorers. Prince Verma (3), Najir Shaikh (2) and Mohd Hasnain Khan (2) were the wicket takers for Sai Aakar. In the semi-final, Sai Aakar defeated Golu XI by 48 runs. Electing to bat first, Sai XI scored 119-3 in 8 overs. Openers Nihal Khan (32) and Sanket (70) gave them a rollicking start. For Golu XI, captain Chetan Elme took two wickets for eight runs.

 

In reply, Golu XI were bundled out for 71 runs in 7.4 overs. Shubham Malik (18) and Elme (10) were only batters to reach double figures. Mohd Hasnain Khan took three wickets while Najir Shaikh, Prince Verma and Ved Yadav took two each. In another semis, NCW Stars defeated Shiv Shakti by eight wicket. Shiv Shakti posted 66-8 in eight overs which NCW Stars achieved in 4.1 overs losing two wickets. Dr Sandeep Shinde, Director, Babuji Foundation gave away the prizes. Dr Shinde announced to hike winners prize money from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh from next season. Md Anis Opai, Deepak Deosinghani, Ravindra Singh Rana, Jagdish Sugandh, Kodumal Dhanrajani, Rohit Nikambe, Sandesh Raut, Moorli Udasi, Subash, Aslam Bera, Neeraj Gupta, Naeem Ansari, Raja Khan were the other guests. Irfan Razzak, Secretary, RPCL and RCA, Sunny Dudani, convenor, Kunal Bhumralkar, Rohit Kaishalwar, Rajan Nair, Vinay Amrute, Sharad Padhye, Vikas Vaswani, Sudhir Manwatkar, Piyush Shende, Sharad Parashar, Ashfaq Bera, Irshad Sheikh, Harish Rughwani, Onkar Singh Rajput, Abid Bera, Rinku Digwah, Rupesh Sharma and others worked hard for the success of the tournament.