Monday, November 18, 2019

Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 19-20: Bihar Review

The bad run continued for the Ashutosh Aman led side. Bihar lost all 6 games to finish bottom of Group A. Only in the last game against Uttarakhand was a semblance of fight put up. There weren't too many individual performances of note - with Rajesh Singh's all-round display against Goa being the highlight. The team is still finding its feet at the senior level which is clear from the amount of chopping and changing going on with the personnel.
Summary of the tournament. 

Game 1: Bihar 97/7 (20) lost to Andhra 98/0 (11.5) by 10 wickets 
Highlights: Rahmatullah 44*(35) 
T20 Debut: Anshuman Gautam, Rajesh Singh, Shivam Kumar, Vipul Krishna 

Game 2: Goa 202/4 (20) beat Bihar 173/8 (20) by 29 runs 
Highlights: Rajesh Singh 64 (28), Rahmatullah 38 (33) 

Game 3: Services 184/7 (20) beat Bihar 90/9 (20) by 94 runs 
Highlights: Sarfaraz Ashraf 3/35 (4) 
T20 Debut: Eshaan Ravi, Shashi Shekhar 

Game 4: Bihar 124/7 (20) lost to Baroda 125/0 (12.3) by 10 wickets 
Highlights: Kunal Dabas 45 (40), Rajesh Singh 31 (25) 
T20 Debuts: Kunal Dabas, Harsh Singh, Shashi Gupta 

Game 5: Bihar 106/10 (19.3) lose to Karnataka 107/1 (11.2) by 9 wickets 
Highlights: Babul Kumar 41 (34) 
T20 Debut: Abhijeet Saket 

Game 6: Bihar 134/8 (20) lost to Uttarakhand 138/4 (19.1) by 6 wickets 
Highlights: Rahmatullah 64 (45) 

Season Stats 
Highest Scorers 
  1. Rahmatullah – 172 @ 34.40 
  2. Rajesh Singh – 106 @ 17.67 
  3. Babul Kumar – 100 @ 16.67 
Highest Wicket-Takers 
  1. Sarfaraz Ashraf – 5 @ 27.40 
  2. Shashi Shekhar – 3 @ 13.67 
  3. Vipul Krishna – 2 @ 36.00 
Best Batting: Rahmatullah – 64 vs Uttarakhand, Rajesh Singh 64 vs Goa 
Best Bowling – Sarfaraz Ashraf – 3/35 vs Services 
Players Used - 18 
T20 Debuts – 10 

Coming Up Next – Ranji Trophy, where Bihar is in the Plate Group.

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