new delhi seasoned batter sheldon jackson rose to the occasion with an unbeaten 133 as saurashtra beat maharashtra by five wickets in the final to win their second vijay hazare trophy title at the narendra modi stadium in ahmedabad on fridayput into bat skipper ruturaj gaikwad powered maharashtra to 248 for 9 in 50 overs scoring his third consecutive hundred 108 off 131 balls in the processsaurashtra pacer chirag jani 343 claimed a fine hattrick to break maharashtras back towards the end of the innings and restricted them under 250 saurashtra reached the target in 463 overs with jackson scoring his runs off 136 balls with the help of 12 fours and five sixesi think the toss did play a crucial role we were lagging behind it was 3070 percent of advantagedisadvantage after 3040 overs we were ahead batting first 250 was a very good total gaikwad said after the matchas gaikwad rightly conceded that toss did become one of the major deciding factors as unadkat rightly put maharashtra into batat the onset he led the bowling show with an exemplary opening spell 6150 in the powerplay after electing to field as gaikwad batted in a painstakingly slow fashion scoring 15 off first 61 ballsit is unbelievable and yet to sink in winning one time is amazing but winning it second time proves that we are a champion side big game big guys stepped up the champion skipper said at the postmatch presentation ceremonywhile unadkat 125 with 41 dot balls was saurashtras bowling hero in the first 10 overs keeping the dangerous gaikwad under tight leash the last 10 overs of the maharashtra innings belonged to allrounder chirag jani the seam bowling allrounders 48th over hattrick saurabh nawale rajvardhan hagargekar and vicky ostwal did stop maharashtra from adding at least 20 more runsbowling wickettowicket jani cleaned up nawale and hangargekar and then sealed his hattrick trapping vicky ostwal plumb in frontmaharashtra managed just two boundaries and scored 37 runs losing five wickets in the next seven overs in a crucial turning point for saurashtrain the middle overs it was another gaikwad show as he carved his name as a vijay hazare legend with his 12th hundred highest in competition history with seven fours and four sixes he thus had three hundreds in three knockout games but on a slowish track saurashtra bowlers never really let the maharashtra batters dominate with second best score being azim kazis 31with saurashtra bowlers making the perfect execution against him gaikwad clearly fought hard for his hundred that was evident with his roaring celebration when he notched his century off a boundary against janichasing a belowpar target saurashtra got off to a perfect start with jackson and harvik desai 50 67 balls stitching a 125run opening stand in 264 ovrsmukesh choudhary 238 then gave a double blow dismissing desai with a short ball and jay gohil 0 with angular one in a space of three balls while a third wicket samarth vyas 12 was