There was once Sakibul Gani, there was once sunlight, after which there have been the remaining. That just about sums up the illusion of a fightback that Bihar controlled to mount towards Ranji Trophy ‘Team C’ rival Karnataka on the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium right here on Tuesday.
Now not that Gani’s 5th First Magnificence hundred denied the customer an eight-wicket win and the much-needed six issues, but it surely indubitably saved the spectators within the stands from catching up on some sleep.
It might appear Karnataka pacers had smelt blood, with the openers falling within the first two overs of the day after Mayank Agarwal and Co. declared in a single day with a lead of 144.
When Gani joined Babul Kumar within the heart, the unusual realist wouldn’t have batted a watch. However the ones who would have recognised Gani from his maiden First Magnificence fit towards Mizoram in February 2022 would know higher. The Bihar batter is the one Indian to have hit a triple hundred on First Magnificence debut.
Bihar batsman S Gani scored 130 runs towards Karnataka at the final day of the Ranji Trophy Cricket Fit in Patna on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
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The one time the sector file holder gave the impression a little susceptible at the ultimate day of the competition was once within the nineteenth over when the 25-year-old went fishing outdoor the road of the off stump and virtually ended up getting a feather. Differently, he hit the nail at the head each time – irritating the bowlers with obstacles, fast singles and the occasional candy nothings of their ears.
He took a unique liking to V. Vyshak Vijaykumar, unleashing a sublime force thru duvet when the pacer was once re-introduced 12 mins forward of Lunch. Vyshak returned the favour, making him scent the leather-based each time a possibility offered.
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On the other hand, it was once in the end Vidyadhar Patil who disregarded Gani with an LBW because the batter tried a flick off the pads. Beside Gani, simplest Babul and Jitin Yadav from Bihar may get a minimum of into the double digits with Shreyas Gopal’s crazy legspin, claiming 4 sufferers.
Chasing simply 69 for a win, Karnataka avid gamers would have already been on cloud 9 prior to they got here out to bat once more. However Mayank’s wicket within the 5th over supposed the aspect didn’t win an advantage level, which will get credited for a 10-wicket win.
SCORES
Bihar – 1st innings: 143
Karnataka – 1st innings: 287 for seven decl. in 51 overs.
Bihar – 2d innings: Vaibhav Suryavanshi c Sateri b Koushik 6, Sraman Nigrodh c Nikin b Vyshak 0, Babul Kumar c Abhinav b Shreyas 44, Sakibul Gani lbw Vidyadhar 130, Bipin Saurabh lbw Shreyas 7, Raghuvendra Pratap Singh lbw Shreyas 4, Jitin Yadav lbw Vyshak 15, Veer Pratap Singh b Vyshak 0, Himanshu Singh c Manish b Mohsin 1; Anuj Raj lbw Shreyas 0, Sakib Hussain batting 0; Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 1): 5; General (for 10 wkts. in 66.2 overs): 212
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-136, 4-162, 5-180, 6-201, 7-201, 8-202, 9-212.
Karnataka bowling: Koushik 6-2-10-1, Vyshak 12-0-44-3, Vidyadhar 6.2-2-34-1, Shreyas 24-3-70-4, Mohsin 16-2-46-1, Nikin 2-0-4-0
Karnataka – 2d innings: Nikin Jose batting 28, Mayank Agarwal b Anuj 9, R. Smaran c Raghuvendra b Himanshu 15, Abhinav batting 17; Extras (nb 1): 1; General (for two wkts. in 10.1 overs): 70
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-45.
Bihar bowling: Anuj 5.1-0-32-1, Sakib 3-0-22-0, Himanshu 2-0-16-1.
Consequence: Karnataka received via 8 wickets.
Issues – Bihar 0: Karnataka 6.