There was Sakibul Gani, there was daylight, after which there have been the remaining. That just about sums up the appearance of a fightback that Bihar managed to mount in opposition to Ranji Trophy ‘Group C’ rival Karnataka on the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium right here on Tuesday.
Not that Gani’s fifth First Class hundred denied the customer an eight-wicket win and the much-needed six factors, however it certainly stored 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 center, the odd realist wouldn’t have batted an eye fixed. However the ones who would have recognised Gani from his maiden First Class match in opposition to Mizoram in February 2022 would know higher. The Bihar batter is the one Indian to have hit a triple hundred on First Class debut.
Bihar batsman S Gani scored 130 runs in opposition to Karnataka on the final day of the Ranji Trophy Cricket Match in Patna on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
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Bihar batsman S Gani scored 130 runs in opposition to Karnataka on the final day of the Ranji Trophy Cricket Match in Patna on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
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The one time the world file holder appeared a bit susceptible on the ultimate day of the competition was within the nineteenth over when the 25-year-old went fishing exterior the road of the off stump and virtually ended up getting a feather. In any other case, he hit the nail on the top each time – irritating the bowlers with boundaries, fast singles and the occasional candy nothings of their ears.
He took a particular liking to V. Vyshak Vijaykumar, unleashing a sublime drive via cowl when the pacer was re-introduced 12 minutes forward of Lunch. Vyshak returned the favour, making him scent the leather-based every time a possibility offered.
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Nonetheless, it was ultimately Vidyadhar Patil who dismissed Gani with an LBW because the batter tried a flick off the pads. Beside Gani, solely Babul and Jitin Yadav from Bihar might get at the least into the double digits with Shreyas Gopal’s crazy legspin, claiming 4 victims.
Chasing merely 69 for a win, Karnataka gamers would have already been on cloud 9 earlier than they got here out to bat once more. However Mayank’s wicket within the fifth over meant the facet didn’t win a bonus 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 – 2nd 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; Complete (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 – 2nd innings: Nikin Jose batting 28, Mayank Agarwal b Anuj 9, R. Smaran c Raghuvendra b Himanshu 15, Abhinav batting 17; Extras (nb 1): 1; Complete (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.
Outcome: Karnataka received by 8 wickets.
Factors – Bihar 0: Karnataka 6.