Ranji Trophy: Bihar vs Kerala match ended in two days, defeated Bihar by 169 runs in two days

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Last update:01 February, 2025, 10:59 IST

Ranji Trophy: Bihar vs Kerala. Bihar team’s performance was very poor against the Kerala team. In front of the dangerous bowling of Kerala team, Bihar batsmen could not do anything special at the crease.

PatnaIn this season of Ranji Trophy, Bihar’s last match ended in just two days. This match lasting four days ended in just two days and Bihar had to face defeat by an innings and 169 runs. In this match of Kerala vs Bihar played at Kerala’s Sports Hub International Cricket Stadium, Bihar’s batting was seen struggling and the team could not perform effectively in innings. In this way, Bihar did not get a single win this time. A point was received due to the cancellation of the match with Bengal.

From January 30, Bihar’s team landed to confront the host Kerala. In this match, Kerala won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 351 runs in 101.2 overs in their first innings. Kerala continued to bat on the first day and in the early hours of the second day, the last pair of Kerala rested on the ground. Salman Nizar scored the highest 150 runs for the team, while Shaun Roger added 59, Akash Chandran 38 and Nidhish MD added 30 runs. Apart from this, the contribution of other batsmen was limited, but the team managed to reach a strong score.

At the same time, Bihar bowlers bowled disciplined and took wickets at regular intervals. Sachin Kumar, Ghulam Rabbani and Harsh Vikram took 2-2 wickets, while Veer Pratap Singh, Abhishek, S.K. Gani and Y.P. Yadav took 1-1 wickets.

Bihar played two innings in a single day
Bihar’s batting did not stand on expectations in this match. Bihar’s team came out to bat at the first innings in the afternoon, in which Shraman Nigrodh scored 21, Ayush Loharuka 13 and Ghulam Rabbani scored 10 runs. All the remaining batsmen also returned to the pavilion in a single digit. Bihar’s first innings survived for just 23.1 overs. After this, Kerala invited the second innings. Even in the second innings, the batsmen had to struggle, although S.K. Ghani tried to stand to some extent by scoring 31 and Veer Pratap Singh by scoring 30 runs but failed. Bihar’s team was all out for 118 runs and had to face an innings defeat.

Bihar team could play only 41 overs in two innings
Bihar batsmen were all out two times on the same day. Bihar’s team could play only 41.1 overs, including both innings. The Kerala bowlers performed impressive in this match. Jalaj Saxena took 5-5 wickets in both innings and kept constant pressure on the opposition batsmen. Nidhish MD took 2 wickets in the first innings and 1 wicket in the second innings, while other bowlers also bowled with the exact line and length and did not give Bihar batsmen a chance to play openly and Kerala did not give this match the match by an innings and 169 runs. Has won his/her name.

Elite group decided to go
This year, Bihar’s performance in Ranji is very poor. Bihar lost in 6 matches out of a total of 7 matches. It lost in 05 matches by an innings. Because of this, Bihar is at the bottom with a point on the point table. After the defeat in the last match, now the possibility of Bihar going out of the elite group has increased and is being considered almost outside.