Host Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) lifted the 34th All India Major Ports Cricket Championship trophy, defeating Mumbai  Port trust in the finals held at the Port Diamond Jubilee Stadium here today.

Mumbai Port secured runner-up position and defending Champions Jawaharlal Nehru Port stood in the third position.

In the semi-finals, Visakhapatnam Port beat Mormugao Port and Mumbai Port beat Jawaharlal Nehru Port and entered into the finals.

Ch Radhakrishna of VPT was declared as the best bowler, Arman Shaik of JNPT as best batsman, Ashish Mahadeswar of Mumbai as best all rounder and V Abraham of VPT as player of the tournament.

In the finals VPT won the toss and elected to bat and scored 165/3 in 17 overs. (Due to shortage of time, the match is restricted to 17 overs each).

V Abraham 24, K N V Krishna Mohan 71, H Vatekar 34, A Sriram 23

Bowling: Pramod Masurkar 2 for 22 runs.

In reply Mumbai Port scored 127 all out in 14.5 overs. Anil Sakpal 37, Ashish Mahadeshwar 22

Bowling : P Jay Kumar 3 for 17 runs

Ch Radhakrishna 3 for 16 runs

V V Ramana 2 for 16 runs Visakhapatnam Port won by 38 runs and won the Championship.

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