Pujara, who had returned from New Zealand only a couple of days ago, came in to bat at six instead of his usual number four spot (for India it is number three) due to a throat infection.
With his 10 wickets in the semis, three in the first innings and seven in the second, Unadkat took his tally of wickets to 65 in the 2019/20 season as he surpassed Karnataka's Dodda Ganesh who had 62 wickets in 1998/99.
Unadkat, who was released by the Royals ahead of IPL 2020 auction having roped him in for INR 8.40 crores, joined the same franchise for the third straight season.
Rajasthan Royals released the joint most number of players -11 from their squad on IPL 2020 trading deadline day.
With India Green batsmen struggling, No. 8 Mayank Markande emerged as the top-scorer with an unbeaten 32 runs off 51 balls which comprised two fours.
Having gone for runs in the previous games, Unadkat on Saturday night finished with figures of 2/26 besides latching on to three fine catches during RR's seven-wicket win over SRH.
Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday.
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R Ashwin and Jaydev Unadkat have advocated for bowlers to wear face masks in order to avoid such injuries.
Jaydev Unadkat, who will lead the side against Vidarbha in the final, said the Ranji Trophy is not about the big teams anymore.
Cheteshwar Pujara played two match-winning, unbeaten knocks in the quarter-final and semi-final against Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka respectively, to guide Saurashtra into the Ranji Trophy final.
Uttar Pradesh, resuming day two at 340 for seven, went on to make 385 all out in 103.3 overs with Saurashtra skipper Jaydev Unadkat taking a five-wicket haul.
The 37-year-old, who last played for India in June 2017, has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket.
Unadkat has broken into the Indian T20 team on the back of consistent performances on the domestic circuit, including the IPL.
Unadkat, who returned with figures of 1/33 in Johannesburg and 2/42 in Centurion, said that the South Africa tour was a good learning curve for him.
Unadkat has played a Test, seven ODIs and four T20 Internationals for India but in the last one year he has emerged as a parsimonious bowler in the shortest format.
The Rajasthan Royals now own the two most expensive players in the IPL 2018 after winning the bidding war against Kings XI Punjab to claim Unadkat for 11.50 crores.
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