# Bihar cricket team

The Bihar cricket team represents the state of Bihar in Indian domestic cricket competitions. It is run by Bihar Cricket Association.

## History
### 1936 to 2004

The team competed in the Ranji Trophy from 1936–37 until 2003–04. When the state of Bihar was divided into two states, Bihar and Jharkhand, most of the former state's cricket infrastructure was in Jharkhand, so Jharkhand 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 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reinstated Bihar, ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy tournament. On 19 September 2018, they won their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Nagaland by 8 wickets.
On 8 October 2018, Bihar defeated Mizoram 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 Mumbai in their quarter-final match to be knocked out of the tournament.
In November 2018, in their opening match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they lost to Uttarakhand 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 Group B of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with one win from their six matches. Keshav Kumar was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 145 runs, and Ashutosh Aman was the leading wicket-taker, with seven dismissals.
On 29 January 2023, Bihar defeated Manipur by 220 runs to win the Plate Group Final of 2022-23 Ranji Trophy.

## Honours

* Ranji Trophy
** Runners-up: 1975–76

## Home grounds

| Name | City | State | First used | Last used | Notes |
| Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna | Bihar | 1970 | 2023 | BCA Home Ground, Hosted three ODIs |
| Rajgir International Cricket Stadium | Nalanda | Bihar | Under Construction | - | Upcoming International Cricket Stadium of Bihar |
| Urja Stadium | Patna | Bihar | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Nehru Smarak Stadium | Bhagalpur | Bihar | 1972 | 1973 | |

## Current squad

| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||
| Sakibul Gani | (1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vice-Captain |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | (2011-03-27) 27 March 2011 (age 13) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL |
| Ayush Loharuka | (2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Babul Kumar | (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | | |
| Piyush Singh | (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Mangal Mahrour | (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Kumar Rajnish | (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Rishav Raj | (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 (age 29) | Right-handed | | |
| Harsh Raj | (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Mayank Choudhary | (2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| All-Rounders |||||
| Raghuvendra Pratap | (2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Sachin Kumar Singh | (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| Veer Pratap Singh | (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Bipin Saurabh | (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | | |
| Sharman Nigrodh | (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 19) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| Balijeet Bihari | (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | | |
| Spin Bowlers |||||
| Himanshu Singh | (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | |
| Suraj Kashyap | (2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Gajendra Singh | (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||
| Nawaz Khan | (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Sakib Hussain | (2004-12-14) 14 December 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Amod Yadav | (2001-12-10) 10 December 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Updated as on 30 January 2025

## Support staff

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

## Players

* Abhijeet Saket
* Bimal Bose
* Daljit Singh
* M.S. Dhoni
* Pawan Kumar
* Raghuvendra Pratap Singh
* Rajiv Kumar
* Ramesh Saxena
* Randhir Singh
* Sakibul Gani
* Sakib Hussain
* Shute Banerjee
* Sujit Mukherjee
* Syed Saba Karim
* Tariq-ur-Rehman
* Tarun Kumar
* Veer Pratap Singh
* V. Venkatram
* Zeeshan Ali