Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2022-23: Bihar Review

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

1. Bipin Saurabh: 141 @ 23.50, 1x50
2. Sakibul Gani 140 @ 28.00
3. Sachin Kumar 127 @ 31.75

Highest Wicket-takers

1. Anuj Raj: 9 @ 14.56
2. Abhijeet Saket: 7 @ 25.14
3. 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.

Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2022-23: Jharkhand Review

Jharkhand were placed in Group E with all matches held in Lucknow. It was a disappointing tourney for the Virat Singh led side, as they started off with a couple of games abandoned and stumbled to two defeats. Two wins at the end redeemed the tournament a bit but overall nothing much to write home about for Jharkhand as they finished 4th in the group.

Here is the game wise summary

Game 1: Jharkhand vs Bengal – Abandoned without a ball bowled

Game 2: Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh – Abandoned without a ball bowled

Game 3: Jharkhand 106/9 (20) lost to Chandigarh 107/1 (17.3) by 9 wickets

T20 Debut: Aayush Bhardwaj, Rajandeep Singh

Game 4: Tamil Nadu 138/10 (20) beat Jharkhand 126/8 (20) by 12 runs

Highlights: Nadeem 4/12, Vikash Singh 3/22, Virat Singh 52* (38)

Game 5: Jharkhand 188/5 (20) beat Odisha 117/10 (19.2) by 71 runs

T20 Debut: Manishi

Highlights: Ishan Kishan 102* (64), Nadeem 3/21, Anukul Roy 2/19

Game 6: Sikkim 58/10 (17) lost to Jharkhand 61/0 (6) by 10 wickets

Tournament Stats

Highest Scorers

1. Ishan Kishan: 138 @ 69, 1x100
2. Virat Singh: 91 @ 45.50, 1x50
3. Aayush Bhardwaj: 41 @13.67

Highest Wicket-takers

1. Shahbaz Nadeem: 8 @ 7.00
2. Vikash Singh: 5 @ 18.00
3. Vivekanand Tiwari: 3 @ 8.67

Top Score: Ishan Kishan 102* vs Odisha

Best Bowling: Shahbaz Nadeem 4/12 vs Tamil Nadu

Players Used: 17

T20 Debuts: 3 

Overall, nothing noteworthy from the Jharkhand team, It was the proven performers like Ishan and Nadeem who gave decent performances. Hoping for better outcomes in the coming tournaments