With the hosts getting easy runs, the frustration of Mumbai players became evident when Sachin Tendulkar, fielding at mid-on, walked upto Yashpal and told him to hurry up as the batsmen was being attended by the team's physio.
Overnight batsmen Mandeep Singh was the first man to be dismissed, outclassed by a beauty from Joshi, and then the rest of the batting order collapsed like a house of cards. Joshi and Jadeja were simply unplayable on a track that started assisting bowlers from the final session of the fourth day.
Services' military medium trundlers Suraj Yadav, Nishan Singh and Shadab Nazar bowled well within their limitations despite Tendulkar repeatedly enthralling the spectators with some lovely shots.
Tendulkar doing a lot of knocking prior to a match has been regular but one doesn't find him calling off A net session after only three deliveries.
He has so far played 27 first-class matches but an average of shade under 30 (poor by first-class standards) doesn't tell the whole story about the man who hobbled on one leg to score an unbeaten 34 against UP that sealed a last four berth.
Pujara started the day in watchful manner and he might be eyeing to reach four hundred runs mark but his 344-minutes-stay at the crease ended with Gowtham's delivery hitting the stumps. Pujara hit 49 fours and a six and added 343 runs for the fourth wicket with Sheldon Jackson who also cracked 117 with thirteen fours and a six.
Earlier, resuming day on 138 for four, UP were bowled out for 241 in 78 overs. Overnight batsmen Arish Alam and Eklavya Dwivedi added 40 runs before being dismissed. Right-handed Alam (50), however, completed his half-century before getting run out.
Soumik Chatterjee batted for nearly seven hours facing 313 balls hitting 14 boundaries in the process. The burly Yashpal was quicker of the two as he scored 89 off 147 balls with 16 hits to the fence.