Madhya Pradesh's batsmen couldn't provide much resistance to quality spin bowling by Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Kamlesh Makvana, to lose eight wickets for 45 runs and hand the quarter-final spot to Saurashtra
Over five hours of top-class batting, Pujara went from free-flowing to aggressive to downright dismissive, remaining solid all the time, as Saurashtra dominated Madhya Pradesh
Saurashtra's trio of spinners, Kamlesh Makvana, Vishal Joshi and debutant Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, earned their team a first-innings lead of 107 against Madhya Pradesh
Slow and mostly low conditions in Rajkot made batting difficult for Saurashtra, who conceded whatever advantage winning the toss had given them by losing nine wickets against Madhya Pradesh on day one
When you have scored Test hundreds against the likes of James Anderson and Graeme Swann, domestic first-class cricket becomes a breeze, according to Cheteshwar Pujara
After day one in Rajkot, the mood in the Madhya Pradesh camp was quite sombre and centred around one issue: the no-balling of debutant offspinner Ajay Rajput for a suspect action
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| PNJB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| SAU | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| MUM | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| GUJ | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| RLYS | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| MP | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| BENG | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| RAJ | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| HYD | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| UP | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| BRODA | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| KNTKA | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| DELHI | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| VIDAR | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| ODSA | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| TN | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| HRYNA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| MAHA | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SVCS | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| JHK | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| AP | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| ASSAM | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| KER | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| GOA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| J & K | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| HP | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| TPURA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
