Patna:- The Ranji Trophy match between Bihar and Madhya Pradesh being played at Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna is proving to be a historic match. Many records were made on the second day of this match. On one hand, the brilliant innings of Madhya Pradesh captain Shubham Sharma and Venkatesh Iyer created history, while on the other hand, Bihar’s Vipin Saurabh stunned across the stadium. On one hand, the Bihari bowlers were getting beaten badly, while the Madhya Pradesh team was succumbing to the bowling of Himanshu Singh of Bihar.
New record made in Moinul Haq Stadium
Madhya Pradesh captain Shubham Sharma thrashed the Bihar bowlers with his innings of 240 runs. With this, Madhya Pradesh created a new record by scoring a huge score of 616 runs in the first innings. Apart from Shubham Sharma’s double century, this innings also included Venkatesh Iyer’s excellent inning of 174 runs. This score is the highest score by any team at the Moinul Haq Stadium and Shubham’s 240 runs has become the highest individual score at the stadium.
what happened the next day
Madhya Pradesh took the game forward with 381 runs for 4 wickets on the first day. On the second day, there was a partnership of 366 runs between Venkatesh Iyer and Shubham Sharma, which proved to be quite challenging for the bowlers of Bihar. Iyer played an attractive inning of 174 runs, which included 17 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Shubham Sharma played an inning of 240 runs in 289 balls with the help of 20 fours and 4 sixes.
Himanshu Singh performed brilliantly in bowling for Bihar and took 5 wickets for 196 runs, which was the first five wicket haul of his first class career. Sachin Kumar Singh also took 4 wickets for 211 runs. Despite this, Madhya Pradesh was successful in taking its innings to 616 runs.
Vipin Saurabh’s six crosses the stadium
In Bihar’s innings, Vipin Saurabh batted brilliantly and hit a six which went out of the stadium. His aggressive style mesmerized the audience and it was a relief for the fans of Bihar. However, the start of Team Bihar was not special and they soon lost 4 wickets.
Vaibhav failed again
Piyush Kumar Singh and Vaibhav Suryavanshi started in the second innings of Bihar. The innings started with a four by Vaibhav Suryavanshi, but Vaibhav Suryavanshi once again failed in the long innings. Bihar’s first wicket fell in the form of Vaibhav Suryavanshi on 11 runs. Vaibhav was out after scoring 5 runs.
Bihar’s struggle continues, 131 runs for 4 wickets
From Bihar, Piyush Kumar Singh and Babul tried to control the team for some time, but the bowlers of Madhya Pradesh did not let them last long. By the end of the day, Bihar has scored 131 runs for 4 wickets, in which Vipin Saurabh is present at the crease with 28 runs and Ayush Loharuka has scored 5 runs. This match will be memorable for Moinul Haq Stadium in the history of Ranji Trophy, in which the batsmen of Madhya Pradesh set a new record with their excellent innings and gave a tough challenge to the bowlers of Bihar.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 8, 2024, 06:54 IST