MIT Solutions defeated State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by 51 runs to win the President’s Trophy in their maiden first-class season, with more than five sessions to spare at Bagh-e-Jinnah on Friday.

SBP, resuming on 165 for seven and needing another 71 runs for victory, were bowled out for 185. Mubasir Khan top-scored with 32 after starting the day at 17 not out.

Khalid Usman and Mohammad Ismail took one wicket apiece to finish with figures of two for 38 and two for 42, respectively.

This was MIT Solutions’ first season in first-class cricket after earning promotion by winning last year’s President’s Trophy Grade-II. They finished second on the points table with 96 points, 11 behind SBP.

In the final, MIT Solutions conceded a 60-run first-innings lead after being bowled out for 112, with SBP replying with 172. MIT then scored 296 in their second innings to set SBP a target of 237.

SBP’s Hasan Raza finished as the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 807 runs in eight matches, including three centuries and four half-centuries. OGDCL’s Mohammad Amir Khan and MIT Solutions’ Ismael shared honours with 32 wickets in eight matches each.

Scores in brief (day four of five)

MIT Solutions beat State Bank of Pakistan by 51 runs, Bagh-e-Jinnah

MIT Solutions 112 all out, 29.5 overs (Aitzaz Habib Khan 29; Sirajuddin 6-39, Shahid Aziz 4-39) and 296 all out, 75 overs (Abuzar Tariq 85, Aamir Jamal 55, Aitzaz Habib Khan 32 retired hurt, Salman Khan Jr 28, Atiq-ur-Rehman 23, Mohammad Farooq 22; Mohammad Abbas 5-70, Sirajuddin 3-88)

SBP 172 all out, 44.4 overs (Hasan Raza 36, Sirajuddin 32 not out, Ali Shan 27; Aamir Jamal 7-32, Mohammad Ismail 2-80) and (overnight 165-7, 59.4 overs) 185 all-out, 71.5 overs (Hasan Raza 73, Mubasir Khan 32, Abdullah Fazal 25; Khalid Usman 2-38, Mohammad Ismail 2-42)