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Green Gold 11 won the Icon Steel-presented CMIA Cricket Utsav 2026, defeating Canpack Warriors by 26 runs in the final at Garware Stadium on Sunday.
Piyush Bagadia earned Man of the Match (final) and Man of the Series honors with a dominant performance of 116 runs and 14 wickets across five matches. Nikhil Kadam was named best batsman (116 runs), while Ronak Runwal of Canpack Warriors took best bowler honors (8 wickets). Mayur Malpani of Life Line Mavericks was adjudged best fielder, and the sports spirit award went to 60-year-old Rajendra Mutkhedkar. Chief engineer of MSEDCL Pawan Kumar Kachhot, director Ushmesh Rathi (Icon Steel), Nikunj Garg (Central Bank), Ajinkya Save, Naveen Bagadia, Nitin Bagadia, Sameer Mule, former CMIA president Sunil Raithatha, Prasad Kokil, Gurpreet Singh Bagga, Shivprasad Jaju, Nitin Gupta, Hemant Kapadia, and Ravi Machhar attended the prize distribution. CMIA president Utsav Machhar, vice president Atharveshraj Nandawat, honorary secretary Mihir Soundalgekar, and convener Utsav Baheti congratulated the teams.
The tournament was supported by Icon Steel, Bharuka Group, and Welcomhotel Rama International.