| Team Name: | Bihar Cricket Team |
| Captain: | Ashutosh Aman |
| Coach: | Vikash Kumar |
| Founded: | 1936 |
| Ground: | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium |
| Capacity: | 25,000 |
| Capacity2: | 45,000 5,000 |
| Owner: | Bihar Cricket Association |
| First Fc: | Bengal |
| First Fc Year: | 1936 |
| First Fc Venue: | Rangers Ground, Calcutta |
| Title1: | Ranji Trophy |
| Title1wins: | 0 |
| Title2: | Vijay Hazare Trophy |
| Title2wins: | 0 |
| Title3: | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy |
| Title3wins: | 0 |
| Website: | BCA |
The Bihar cricket team represents the state of Bihar in Indian domestic cricket competitions. It is run by Bihar Cricket Association.
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.[1] [2] Before this partition Bihar played 236 first-class matches, winning 78, losing 56 and drawing 102.[3]
Bihar's best performance in Ranji Trophy was in 1975-76 Ranji Trophy season, when Daljit Singh led Bihar to Ranji Trophy finals.
In April 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reinstated Bihar, ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy tournament.[4] [5] On 19 September 2018, they won their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Nagaland by 8 wickets.[6] [7]
On 8 October 2018, Bihar defeated Mizoram by 9 wickets to enter the Quarter-finals of 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[8] [9] Bihar won the Plate Group and progressed to the knock-out phase of the tournament.[9] However, they were beaten by nine wickets by Mumbai in their quarter-final match to be knocked out of the tournament.[10] [11]
In November 2018, in their opening match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they lost to Uttarakhand by ten wickets.[12] [13] They finished the 2018–19 tournament second in the table, with six wins from their eight matches.[14]
In March 2019, Bihar finished sixth in Group B of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with one win from their six matches.[15] 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.[16]
On 29 January 2023, Bihar defeated Manipur by 220 runs to win the Plate Group Final of 2022-23 Ranji Trophy.[17]
| Name | City | First used ! | Last used ! | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2023 | BCA Home Ground, Hosted three ODIs | |||||
| Under Construction | - | Upcoming International Cricket Stadium of Bihar | |||||
| 2017 | 2021 | ||||||
| 1972 | 1973 |
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||
| 2 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| 12 January 1993 | Right-handed | Vice-Captain | |||
| Sharman Nigrodh | 28 May 2005 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ||
| 4 May 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Rishav Raj | 3 February 1996 | Right-handed | |||
| Imran Najir | Right-handed | ||||
| Gaurav Joshi | 12 April 1999 | Right-handed | |||
| Krishna Yadav | 5 September 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | ||
| All-Rounders | |||||
| 3 May 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Raghuvendra Pratap | 1 August 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| 25 December 1997 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Paramjit Singh | 6 October 2002 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ||
| 10 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Wicket-keeper | |||||
| Bipin Saurabh | 20 November 1999 | Right-handed | |||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| 19 May 1986 | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Captain | ||
| Himanshu Singh | 23 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm legbreak | ||
| 14 August 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Nawaz Khan | 8 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Malay Raj | 11 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 20 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| 3 August 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| 9 February 2001 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |||
Updated as on 18 February 2024
See main article: List of Bihar cricketers.