Dhirubhai Ambani International&rsquo;s (BKC) midfielder-turned-goalkeeper Ananya Thakur&rsquo;s heroics helped her team lift the girls U-14 title of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association&rsquo;s (MSSA) inter-school football tournament at Azad Maidan yesterday. <img alt="Dhirubhai Ambani's U-14 team after winning the MSSA title" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/Dhirubhai-Ambanis-U-14-team.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 312px;" /> Dhirubhai Ambani&rsquo;s U-14 team after winning the MSSA title yesterday. Pic/Atul Kamble. Ananya effected three crucial saves and also scored in the tie-breaker to help her team register a 3-0 win over Arya Vidyamandir (Juhu) after the teams were locked 0-0 at regulation time. Ananya replaced regular &lsquo;&rsquo;keeper Jahanvi Mehta in the shoot-out. Ananya, Radha Gupta and Zaina Goel scored for Dhirubhai Ambani in theu00a0tie-breaker. Thirteen-year-old Ananya denied AVM&rsquo;s Maya Venkateshwaran, Reva Sankhe and Kritika Chhabra from the spot. Ananya credited her basketball skills for her performance. <img alt="Ananya Thakur" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/Ananya-Thakur.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 777px;" /> Ananya Thakur in the tie-breaker &ldquo;As I play basketball, my reflexes are good. So, our coach Chanchal sir (Singh) asked me to be the goalkeeper in the tie-breaker.&rdquo;

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