Jadeja century takes Saurashtra to victory on day 2 of Hazare Trophy

Jadeja was involved in a 135-run partnership with fellow centurion SP Jackson, who made 111 runs, before joining hands with CS Saini in a 152-run partnership for the fifth wicket. The hosts, who were at 3-53 at one point ended up with a commanding total of 340.

Chasing a mammoth total, Madhya Pradesh seemed to be well in sight of a win until the 38th over needing 88 runs off 72 balls with 7 wickets in hand. However, two back-to-back wickets by Unadkat set the visitors back, from which they never recovered.

Saurashtra 340/5 in 50/50 ov (Ravindra Jadeja 134, Sheldon Jackson 111) defeated Madhya Pradesh 333 in 49.1/50 ov (Jalaj Saxena 133, Shaurya M Sanandia 3/59)

Jharkhand, who faced off against Gujarat, started well enough with a 43-run opening stand. But the side kept losing wickets in regular intervals and never looked in sight of a defend-able total, on what was a flat pitch. Dhoni, who came in three-down, made a 64-ball-44, but could not break loose against a measly Gujarat attack.

Axar Patel starred for Gijarat as he mixed his straight balls well with a few flighted deliveries to hold back a Jharkhand onslaught that never took off. The East zone side ended up making only 177 runs in 47 overs, which Gujarat easily overcame in 40.5 overs, thanks to a 106-run second wicket partnership between Priyank Panchal and Parthiv Patel.

Gujarat 179/4 in 40.5/47 ov (Panchal 62, Parthiv 44, Axar 32*) defeated Jharkhand 177/7 in 47/47 ov (Dhoni 44, Jaggi 34; Axar 2-30, Bumrah 2-30) by six wickets

Brief scores:

Baroda v Andhra

Baroda 291/6 in 50/50 ov (KH Devdhar 81, AA Waghmode 76, B Sudhakar 2/51) defeated Andhra 202 in 43.1/50 ov (KV Sasikanth 59, KS Bharat 45, BA Bhatt 6/37)

Himachal Pradesh v Bengal

Himachal Pradesh 308/7 in 50/50 ov (P Chopra 91, R Bist 84, SS Ghosh 3/67) defeated Bengal 219 in 36.4/50 ov (PP Shaw 68, PP Jaiswal 3/ 28)

Delhi vs Vidarbha

Vidarbha 163 in 45.2/50 ov (F Y Fazal 83, Ishant Sharma 5/21) defeated Delhi 145 in 45.1/50 ov (Unmukt Chand 57, A A Wakhare 2/10)

Haryana v Karnataka

Karnataka 242/9 in 50/50 ov (Suchith J 46, K L Rahul 40, H V Patel 4/62) defeated Haryana 204 all out in 46.3/50 ov (R M Dagar 96*, Mithun A 2/26)

Hyderabad v Punjab

Punjab 238 all out in 49.4/50 ov (Mayank Siddana 64, C V Milind 3/62) defeated Hyderabad 182/9 in 42.4/50 ov (Sumanth Kolla 63 retd hurt, Ravi Kiran 4/33)

Kerala v Railways

Kerala 256/8 in 50/50 ov (V A Jagadeesh 126, Anureet Singh 4/40) defeated Railways 196 all out in 43.1/50 ov (Saurabh 77, Warrier 2/32)

Maharashtra v Odisha

Maharashtra 217/8 in 50/50 ov (Shrikant Mundhe 50, Basant Mohanty 3/40) defeated Odisha 177 in 43.4/50 ov (Govinda Poddar 74, S M Kazi 4/29)

Tamil Nadu v Mumbai

Tamil Nadu 312/7 in 50/50 ov (B Indrajith 60, M Vijay 55, Dhawal Kulkarni 3/47) defeated Mumbai 286 in 45.2/50 ov (Akhil Herwadkar 107, M Ashwin 3/38)

Assam v Rajasthan

Assam 148 all out in 44.4/50 (Pallav Kumar Das 37, Rajat Bhatia 5/17) lost to Rajasthan 149/9 in 49.3/50 ov (Rajat Bhatia 68, Krishna Das 2/17)