Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Vijay Hazare Trophy 22-23: Bihar review

Bihar were placed in Group C with all matches played in Bengaluru. Another poor outing for Bihar as they finished with 4 points from 2 abandoned games and 5 losses to finish 7th in the 8 strong group. The learning curve has still a long way to go for the Ashutosh Aman lead side.

There was no consistency in selection with 21 players used off whom 6 played only one game each!

Here is the game by game summary

Game 1: Tamil Nadu 106/2 (17.1/38) vs Bihar: Match Abandoned due to rain
List A Debut: Harsh Singh, Surya Vansh

Game 2: Goa 329/6 beat Bihar 241/10 (46.5) by 88 runs
Highlights: Ashutosh Aman 3/42, Sachin Kumar 76, Surya Vansh 63

Game 3: Bihar 158/10 (47.5) lost to Haryana 159/1 (22.2) by 9 wickets
List A Debut: Raghuvendra Pratap Singh

Game 4: Andhra 302/7 (50) beat Bihar 170/10 (44.3) by 132 runs
Highlights: Veer Pratap Singh 60
Vijay Vats played his first senior game in India, having earlier played in Sri Lanka earlier this year!

Game 5: Chhattisgarh 304/7 (50) beat Bihar 241/9 (50) by 63 runs
List A Debut: Adhiraj Johri, Shishir Saket
Highlights: Bipin Saurabh 110* (86)

Game 6: Bihar 201/10 (49.3) lost to Kerala 205/1 (24.4) by 9 wickets
List A Debut: Gaurav, Himansu Singh
Highlights: Sakibul Gani 68

Game 7: Arunachal Pradesh 170/10 (48.4) vs Bihar 56/2 (13.5): Match abandoned due to rain
List A Debut: Ravi Shankar
Highlights: Ashutosh Aman 3/19, Sachin Kumar 3/26, Veer Pratap Singh 3/39

Tournament Stats
Highest Scorers
  1. Sachin Kumar: 183 @36.60, 1x50
  2. Bipin Saurabh: 159 @53.00, 1x100
  3. Sakibul Gani: 113 @18.83, 1x50
Highest Wicket-takers
  1. Harsh Singh: 8 @34.75
  2. Ashutosh Aman: 7 @ 33.57
  3. Sachin Kumar: 6 @22.00
Top Score: Bipin Saurabh 110* vs Chhattisgarh
Best Bowling: Ashutosh Aman 3/19 vs Arunachal
Players Used: 21
List A Debuts: 8

Overall, a very disappointing show from Bihar. Lets see how they perform in the Ranji Trophy

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