Bihar were placed in Group D. All matches held in Indore and mostly televised live presenting a great opportunity for the players to present their cases for the next IPL auctions.
Things did not go too well for the Ashutosh Aman lead side. They beat Nagaland and almost trumped Andhra but were outplayed in the other matches to finish 6th in the group.
Here is the game-by-game summary of the tournament for Bihar.
Game 1: Nagaland 145/8 (20) lost to Bihar 148/4 (19.1) by 6 wickets
T20 Debut: Raghuvendra Pratap Singh, Rishav Raj
Highlights: Anuj Raj 4/32, Abhijeet Saket 2/19, Bipin Saurabh 29 (19), Sachin Kumar 34* (18)
Game 2: Himachal Pradesh (179/7) (20) beat Bihar 150/6 (20) by 29 runs
T20 Debut: Anshuman Raj, Apurva Anand
Highlights: Sakibula Gani 48 (29), Bipin Saurabh 40 (32)
Game 3: Baroda 156/5 (20) beat Bihar 120/8 (20) by 36 runs
Highlights: Anuj Raj 2/19, Sachin Kumar 0/15 & 38 (35)
Game 4: Bihar 181/2 (20) lost to Andhra 186/8 (19.4) by 2 wickets
T20 Debut: Pietar Mardi, Sakib Hussain
Highlights: Babul Kumar 72 (50), Bipin Saurabh 52 (39), Abhijeet Saket 3/31
Game 5: Bihar 119/10 (19.4) lost to Saurashtra 124/2 (14.1) by 8 wickets
T20 Debut: Roshan Madhav
Game 6: Bihar 161/7 (20) lost to Gujarat 165/6 (14) by 4 wickets
Highlights: Mangal Mahrour 51* (37), Sakib Hussain 4/20
Tournament Stats
Highest Scorers
- Bipin Saurabh: 141 @ 23.50, 1x50
- Sakibul Gani 140 @ 28.00
- Sachin Kumar 127 @ 31.75
Highest Wicket-takers
- Anuj Raj: 9 @ 14.56
- Abhijeet Saket: 7 @ 25.14
- Sakib Hussain: 4 @ 11.75
Top Score: Babul Kumar 72 vs Andhra
Best Bowling: Sakib Hussain 4/20 vs Gujarat
Players Used: 20
T20 Debuts: 7
Overall, not much to write about for the Bihar team, although the things are improving slightly.
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