Riding on custodian Arup Debnath’s heroics under the bar, ICL beat Reliance FYC (RFYC) 6-5 in a thrilling tie-breaker to clinch the Harwood Champions League title at the Cooperage on Saturday night. Zehal Shibu got the lead for RFYC through a brilliant strike into the right side of the goal in the 21st minute for a 1-0 lead at half-time. After the break, Ronik Singh equalised for ICL in the 88th minute as the RFYC defence fumbled in the penalty box and failed to  clear the ball.

In the tie-breaker, Debnathmade two crucial saves, one of which saw him smartly dive to his right and punch away Ansh Tembulkar’s attempt. With both teams locked at 5-5 after the first five kicks, in sudden death, he then warded off Arin Deshmukh’s shot. Abhiav Pandsey netted the winner for ICL. Lalit H, Ronik, Zeeshan Akhtar, Bless Vashum and Abhiav were on target for ICL. While Rajkumar Sanyasi, Karan Failha, Ayush Digal and F Vanlal netted for RFYC.