The Bihar cricket team represents the state of

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n domestic

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competitions. It is run by Bihar Cricket Association.

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 States and union territories of India, state in East India, 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 ...

, 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.

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

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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 2022-23 Ranji Trophy.

Honours

** Runners-up: 1975–76

Home grounds

Current squad

''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 Bimal Krishna Bose (16 June 1918 – 20 May 1996) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Bihar from 1940 to 1963, captaining the team from 1953–54 to 1957–58. His elder brother was famous revolutionary Benoy Basu. Early ...

* Daljit Singh *

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* Pawan Kumar * Raghuvendra Pratap Singh * Rajiv Kumar * Ramesh Saxena * Randhir Singh * Sakibul Gani *

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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' ...

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* Tariq-ur-Rehman *

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Veer Pratap Singh Veer Pratap Singh (born 3 May 1992) is an Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Bihar cricket team, Bihar. He previously played for the Bengal cricket team, Bengal. He is a right-arm medium seam bowler. He was also a member of th ...

* 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