mumbai wriddhiman sahas careerbest firstclass knock of 203 was the standout performance as rest of india lifted the irani cup after effortlessly chasing down a 379run target set by gujarat with more than two sessions to spare on tuesdaysahas 203 and skipper cheteshwar pujaras unbeaten 116 helped rest of india overhaul the target with six wickets still in handwicketkeeper saha and pujara unbeaten on 123 and 83 respectively last evening in a team score of 266 for four carried on in imperious fashion on the fifth and final morning to steer the team home an hour before lunch in 191 overs at the brabourne stadium herethis was 15th time in the last 19 editions that rest of india had won the the tournament which is in its 55th yearrest of india finished with 379 for four in 1031 overs to cruise home in stylethe duos fifth wicket unbroken partnership was worth 316 runs in 785 overs it was the secondbest in the tournaments history after the highest of 327 for the fourth wicket between ravi shastri and praveen amre for mumbai against the rest at bengaluru in 199091both the batsmen were largely untroubled by the newly crowned ranji trophy champions bowling attack even though the target set by gujarat who had taken a handy 132run first innings lead was stiffthe winning hit by pujara a stepout lofted shot to longon for his 16th hit to the fence off hardik patel summarised the domination he had on the gujarat bowling along with saha the rajkotborn batsman stayed at the wicket for just over 400 minutes and faced 238 balls to remain unbeatensahas unconquered effort after he reached his firstever double century with a four off karan patel lasted 346 minutes and 272 balls it was also the highest score by a wicketkeeper batsman in the tournaments historythe bengal and india stumper struck 6 sixes and 26 fours in this important knock that has come before the selectors sit down to choose the test team for the oneoff game against bangladesh in hyderabad next monthsaha had got injured after playing in the first two tests in the fivegame series against england and his place in the team had been taken by gujarat skipper parthiv patel parthiv had led his state to the ranji crown for the first time by defeating mumbai in the finalrest had more or less ensured victory last evening itself as they needed 113 runs with pujara and saha who counterattacked the bowling with gusto when his team was in deep trouble at 63 for four firmly entrenchedthe duo sailed along merrily on the fourth morning with pujara duly compiling his 6th hundred of the first class season including three in tests and 37th overall before saha went past his previous careerbest score of 178 made in the ranji trophy against assam seven years ago in kolkata with a couple to square legsaha later reached his double ton just in time as pujara completed the task soon after with