Bihar Ranji team announced against Uttar Pradesh, many star players will be seen on the field

agency:News18 Bihar

Last updated:Jan 21, 2025, 1:29 pm IST

The second phase of Ranji Trophy is starting. The match between Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh will be played at Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna on 23 January. Many star players can play for Uttar Pradesh team.

PatnaThe people of Patna are going to be crazy about cricket once again. People of Patna can enjoy cricket sitting in the lukewarm sunshine. Actually, the second phase of this season’s Ranji Trophy is starting at Moinul Haq Stadium in the capital Patna. In this, Bihar team is going to compete with Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Ranji team has reached Patna. Both the teams will be seen practicing on 21st and 22nd January, after that the Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh match will be played on the same ground from 23rd January.

Bihar’s team has been declared for this match to be held from January 23 to January 26. Bihar team includes Veer Pratap Singh (captain), Saqibul Ghani (vice-captain), Bipin Saurabh, Mangal Mehrour, Sharman Nigrodh, Babul Kumar, Ayush Loharika, Raghavendra Pratap Singh, Mayank Chaudhary, Rishabh Raj, Himanshu Singh, Sachin Kumar Singh, Nawaz. Khan, Prashant Kumar Singh, Harsh Vikram Singh, Jitin Kumar Yadav, Yashpal Yadav, Ghulam Rabbani, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Piyush Kumar Singh, Abhishek Kumar Singh and Banshidhar have been given a chance.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi also got a chance
Young player Vaibhav Suryavanshi has also been included in the Ranji match between Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh. But there is doubt over Vaibhav’s playing. Currently, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is with the Rajasthan Royals team and is sweating profusely for the IPL. That is why there is doubt over the availability of Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Many star players in Uttar Pradesh team also
For this match, players from Uttar Pradesh team including Aryan Jurel (captain), Shivam Mavi, Saurabh Kumar, Priyam Garg have reached Patna. Many famous players like Kuldeep Yadav, Rinku Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Rana are also included in the Uttar Pradesh team. However, there is doubt over his/her playing. Rinku Singh is included in the T20 team to be played against England. Therefore it is impossible for him/her to play.

Let us tell you that BCCI has clearly said that all the players will have to play domestic matches. Many star players including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli have also agreed to play Ranji and are also practicing. For these reasons, it is expected that the people of Patna will have the pleasure of watching many star players playing live in the Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh match.

Bihar needs to win the match
Bihar team playing in Group C has lost four out of five matches. In this, it has lost by an innings in 3 matches. The match could not be played against Bengal. Bihar still has 1 point. In the second phase, Bihar will play its first match against UP at home ground. At the same time, the second and last match of this season will be played against host Kerala from January 30. Till now Bihar has not won.

Bihar is in danger of going from elite to plate group
After becoming champion in the plate group in 2022, Bihar has been playing in the elite group for the last two seasons. Bihar will have to win one of the next two matches at any cost, only then it will be able to stay in the elite group. If Bihar loses both these matches then the danger of going from elite group to plate group will increase.