Overview
- Left-arm spinner Parth Bhut returned 5/33 and 5/8, trapping Shubman Gill lbw for 0 and 14 in Rajkot.
- Punjab were dismissed for 139 and 125 chasing 320, with Uday Saharan top-scoring with 31 in the second innings.
- Dharmendrasinh Jadeja claimed 5/55 in the fourth innings as spin controlled a turning pitch that produced 40 wickets across two days.
- Saurashtra posted 172 and 286 after recovering from 24/3, led by Prerak Mankad's 56, Ravindra Jadeja's 46, Hetvik Kotak's 39 and Bhut's unbeaten 37.
- The result moved Saurashtra to 18 points from six matches and left Punjab on 11, weakening Punjab's top-two prospects and fueling online scrutiny of Gill's form.