Jubilant Atletico de Kolkata players with the trophy after winning the Indian Super League-3 final against Kerala Blasters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi yesterday. ATK won 4-3 on penalties. Pic/Sportzpics

Kochi: Atletico de Kolkata (co-woned by Sourav Ganguly) claimed their second Indian Super League (ISL) title in three years bettering Kerala Blasters (co-owned by Sachin Tendulkar) 4-3 (1-1) on penalty shoot-out in the final here yesterday. The match was tied in 1-1 at the break and after 90 minutes of regulation time. Mohammed Rafi put the hosts ahead in the 37th minute and Henrique Sereno Fonseca equalised seven minutes later.

Jewel in ATK's crown
Jewel Raja turned out to be the jewel in ATK's crown, calmly dispatching the last penalty, after Sameehg Doutie, Borja Fernandez and Javi Lara all converted their spot kicks. Kerala custodian Graham Stack could only block Iain Hume's shot. The home team took first strike in the shoot-out. Antonio German, Kervens Belfort and Mohammed Rafique scored while Elhadji Ndoye blasted over from 18 yards and Cedric Hengbart's shot was saved by ATK goalkeeper Debjit Majumder.