14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, in the first innings of his first match as vice-captain of Bihar’s Ranji Trophy team, scored 14 runs from five balls on Wednesday (October 15). In the match taking place
at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna against Arunachal Pradesh, Suryavanshi batted with a strike rate of 280, and during his stay at the crease, he hammered two fours and one six.
Bihar fans had high expectations from him in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy Plate Group match, but the left-handed batter got out in the first over itself. After he got out, 22-year-old Ayush Loharuka walked out to bat at No. 3 for Bihar, and on Thursday morning, he scored a double century.
During his stay at the crease, the right-handed batter faced 247 balls and, with the help of 37 fours and 1 six, scored 226 runs.
He added 152 runs for the second wicket with Arnav Kishor (52 runs from 64 balls) on Wednesday, 136 runs for the third wicket with captain Sakibul Gani (59 runs from 86 balls) and 104 runs for the fourth wicket with wicketkeeper Bipin Saurabh (52 runs from 78 balls).
Loharuka was sent back to the pavilion by Techi Doria. On the first ball of the 81st over of Bihar’s first innings, Kamsha Yangfo stumped him.
At the end of 88 overs, Bihar were cruising at 430/5 and their total lead is 325 runs now.
On Day 1 of the match in Patna, Bihar bowled Arunachal Pradesh out for just 105 runs in 32.3 overs. Right-arm medium pacer Sakib Hussain picked up 6 wickets for 41 runs in 11.3 overs, and two opposition batters were sent back to the pavilion by Amod Yadav.
Shardul out for duck
In other matches, Mumbai are taking on Jammu & Kashmir in their Elite Group D opener at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar. On Day 1, Siddhesh Lad scored 116 runs from 156 balls, but on Day 2, their new Ranji Trophy captain, Shardul Thakur, failed to open his account even. Shardul, who was appointed as Mumbai’s captain after Ajinkya Rahane decided to pass the baton, walked out to No. 9 on Thursday morning, but despite facing 11 balls, he failed to open his account.
On the 12th ball of his innings, Yudhvir Singh Charak trapped him in front of the wickets for a 12-ball duck.
