Vijay Hazare Trophy 19-20: Bihar Review

The 2019-20 season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy was a harsh turnaround for the Bihar team. After gaining a promotion from Group D the team had a cruel reality check as they lost all matches and were relegated back. The lack of experience clearly showed in the performances. Nothing much to highlight about in the tournament except Babul Kumar’s batting. Here is how the season progressed for the Ashutosh Aman led side.

Game 1: Railways 289/6 (50) beat Bihar 155/6 (43) by 84 runs (VJD)

Key Performers – Vivek Kumar 3/55 (9), Shasheem Rathour 86* 

List A Debut – Sachin Singh, Vivek Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar, Rohan Kumar

Game 2: Bihar 217/7 (50) lost to Tamil Nadu 218/3 (46.5) by 7 wickets

Key Performers: Babul Kumar 110, Sachin Singh 2/36 (8)

List A Debut: Kumar Aditya

Babul Kumar captained the side in the absence of Ashutosh Aman

Game 3: Bihar 137/10 (40.4) lost to Madhya Pradesh 138/3 (27.4) by 7 wickets

List A Debut: Nikku Singh

Game 4: Bihar 126/10 (42.4) lost to Gujarat 128/3 (19.1) by 7 wickets

Game 5: Jammu & Kashmir 326/6 (50) beat Bihar 128/4 (30.2) by 65 runs (VJD)

List A Debut: Utkarsh Bhaskar, Shivam Kumar, S Gani

Game 6: Bihar 216/7 (50) lost to Bengal 217/1 (40.2) by 9 wickets

Key Performers: Babul Kumar 93, Rahmatullah 53

List A Debut: Sashi Sekhar, Vipul Krishna

Game 7: Rajasthan 268/5 (50) beat Bihar 109/10 (36.3) by 159 runs

Key Performers: Sarfaraz Ashraf 3/34 (10)

List A Debut: Chiranajivi Kumar

Game 8: Bihar 267/7 (50) lost to Services 269/5 (48.4) by 5 wickets

Key Performers: Babul Kumar 66, Shasheem Rathour 71, Rahmatullah 63

Babul Kumar led the side.

Game 9: Bihar 251/10 (49.5) lost to Tripura 253/3 (43.4) by 7 wickets

Key Performers: Shasheem Rathour 76, Babul Kumar 52

List A Debut: Vikash Yadav

Standing: Bihar finished bottom of the Table with zero points from 9 games.

Season Stats: 

Highest Scorers

1. Babul Kumar – 391 @55.86, 1 century & 3 50s
2. Shasheem Rathour – 296 @37.00, 3 50s 
3. Rahmatullah – 265 @29.44, 2 50s

Most Wickets

1. Shivam Kumar – 6 @29.50
2. Vivek Kumar – 6 @39.00
3. Ashutosh Aman – 5 @58.40

Highest Score: Babul Kumar – 110 vs Tamil Nadu

Best Bowling: Sarfaraz Ashraf 3/34 vs Rajasthan

Players Used: 21

List A Debutantes: 13

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