"It is a pretty emotional," says Jayesh Odedra

Shams Mulani (34) was caught at slip off Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, ending Mumbai’s innings at 231 and setting off celebrations in the Saurashtra camp.

Tushar Deshpande (13) lost patience and smashed Dhamensinh Jadeja to long on, where a sprinting Chetan Sakariya made no mistake.

Phenomenal win of Team Saurashtra by spinning out star studded Mumbai in Ranji Trophy. Dharmendra Jadeja declared MoM for capturing 6 wickets in the match and scoring 90. Debutant Yuvraj Dodiya captured 8 wickets in the match @BCCIdomestic #RanjiTrophy @dajadeja9333 pic.twitter.com/aPRNcHJ1eH

— Saurashtra Cricket (@saucricket) December 30, 2022

The 41-time Ranji Trophy champions left with a creditable 48-run victory over Mumbai. Saurashtra’s coach, former First-Class player Jayesh Odedra, picked up a piece of the pitch at the MCA ground in BKC.

“It’s a pretty emotional, special moment, to be honest. We talked about it yesterday, we tried to get data from the Saurashtra Cricket Association as well.”

This Saurashtra team has scored an outright win against Mumbai.

“It was a really good team effort- each and every individual contributed. We were missing our star players-Cheteshwar Pujara and Jaydev Unadkat, but we had self-belief and unity, “Odedra said.

“I still can’t get out of it. I even took some turf from the wicket (here), because I know that it’s a big thing when you win against Mumbai in Mumbai,” he added.