The Bihar cricket team represents the state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

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n domestic

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competitions. It is run by

Bihar Cricket Association Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) is the governing body of cricket activities in the Bihar state of India and the Bihar cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India as full member. BCA was founded in 1935. Supreme Co ...

History

1936 to 2004

The team competed in the

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from 1936–37 until 2003–04. When the state of Bihar was divided into two states,

and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

, most of the former state's cricket infrastructure was in

, so

commenced playing in the Ranji Trophy. The state of Bihar was no longer represented. Before this partition Bihar played 236 first-class matches, winning 78, losing 56 and drawing 102. Bihar's best performance in Ranji Trophy was in 1975-76 Ranji Trophy season, when Daljit Singh led Bihar to Ranji Trophy finals.

2018 onwards

In April 2018, the

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(BCCI) reinstated Bihar, ahead of the

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tournament. On 19 September 2018, they won their opening fixture of the

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, beating

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by 8 wickets. On 8 October 2018, Bihar defeated

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by 9 wickets to enter the Quarter-finals of 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Bihar won the Plate Group and progressed to the knock-out phase of the tournament. However, they were beaten by nine wickets by

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in their quarter-final match to be knocked out of the tournament. In November 2018, in their opening match of the

, they lost to

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by ten wickets. They finished the 2018–19 tournament second in the table, with six wins from their eight matches. In March 2019, Bihar finished sixth in

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of the

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, with one win from their six matches.

Keshav Kumar Keshav Kumar (born 13 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Jharkhand against Himachal Pradesh in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy on 29 November 2008. Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he transferred from Jharkh ...

was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 145 runs, and

Ashutosh Aman Ashutosh Aman (born 19 May 1986) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bihar in domestic cricket. Domestic career He made his List A debut for Bihar in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Bih ...

was the leading wicket-taker, with seven dismissals. On 29 January 2023, Bihar defeated

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by 220 runs to win the Plate Group Final of

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Honours

** Runners-up: 1975–76

Home grounds

Current squad

''Updated as on 18 February 2024''

Support staff

#Team Manager: Ajay Tiwari #Head Coach: Pawan Kumar #Assistant Coach: Sanjay Kumar #Team Physio: Dr. Abhishek #Team Trainer: Akhilesh Shukla

Famous players

Abhijeet Saket Abhijeet Saket (born 3 August 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Bihar in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 30 December 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut on 15 November 2019, for Bihar in the 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali ...

* Bimal Bose * Daljit Singh *

M.S. Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer who was captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is also the curren ...

* Pawan Kumar * Rajiv Kumar *

Ramesh Saxena Ramesh Chand Saxena (20 September 1944 – 16 August 2011) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1967. He was a great batsman in the Bihar Ranji Team and was a mentor to many upcoming cricketers from Bihar and Jharkhand. Life ...

Randhir Singh Randhir Singh may refer to: * Randhir Singh of Kapurthala (1831–1870), ruler of the Indian princely state of Kapurthala * Randhir Singh of Bharatpur (died 1823), ruler of the Indian princely state of Bharatpur * Randhir Singh (Sikh) (1878–1961) ...

Shute Banerjee Sarobindu Nath "Shute" Banerjee (3 October 1911 – 14 October 1980) was a cricketer who represented India in one official and five unofficial Test matches. He was right-arm medium pace bowler and a lower order batsman. Cricketing career Ban ...

Sujit Mukherjee Sujit Mukherjee (21 August 1930 – 14 January 2003) was an Indian writer, translator, literary critic, publisher, teacher and cricketer. Career Sujit Mukherjee was born in the village of Ariadaha, south of Calcutta, and educated at St. Xavier' ...

* Syed Saba Karim *

Tariq-ur-Rehman Tariq-ur-Rehman (born 22 February 1974) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played most of his cricket for Bihar. He also coached Air India cricket team as well as Saudi Arabian cricketers after his playing career. Career A left-han ...

Tarun Kumar Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works. H ...

* V. Venkatram *

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References

External links

Lists of matches played by Bihar
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Cricket in Bihar 1936 establishments in India Cricket clubs established in 1936