Saurashtra bowlers, especially Unadkat (2/20) and his pace colleague Chetan Sakariya (1/13), kept the rival batsmen on a tight leash.
Jaffer, who also crossed 19,000 runs in domestic cricket, smashed 26 boundaries during his 296-ball stay at the crease.
Desai's figures of 8/148 are the fifth best in Gujarat’s first-class history.
Captain Faiz Fazal and Akshay Wadkar hit centuries before Vidarbha declared their innings at 332/6
Fazal brought up his 35th first-class half century to remain unbeaten on 53 while Akshay Wadkar was two runs short of his fourth fifty
Jaffer became the first player in the history of the Ranji Trophy to score 11,000 runs.
A round-up of the Elite A Group matches on day one of Round 2 of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy
Vidarbha play Karnataka in the next round, and Fazal believes that the team’s discipline will be right at the forefront for this fixture.
Abhishek Gupta who was initially added in the India Red squad is serving an 8-month ban for a doping violation
The wicketkeeper-batsman recorded his maiden First-Class century and gift Vidarbha a massive 233-run lead by end of Day 3.