Maharashtra Police emerged champions of the first West Zone All-India Police T20 tournament, beating Madhya Pradesh (MP) by four runs in the final at Surat on Wednesday.
Riding on Rohit Pol’s unbeaten 57 (2×4, 3×6) and Yogesh Shinde’s 21 (1×4, 1×6) the Maharashtra cops posted 130-5 in their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, MP outfit could only manage 126-8. Maharashtra pacers Shinde and Yogesh Patil claimed four and two wickets.
Maharashtra had previously outclassed Goa Police in the semi-finals with Patil defending nine runs in a Super Over, claiming 2-5.
The state outfit will proceed to Delhi for the All India T20 Tournament (inter-zone), starting on Feb 18.
Brief scores: Maharashtra Police 130 (Rohit Pol 57 not out; Ravindra Wate 2-15, Himanshu Tiwari 2-33) beat MP Police 126-8 (Pragya Baire 41; Yogesh Shinde 4-12, Yogesh Patil 2-29) by 4 runs.