The Ranji Trophy match between Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh is being played at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna. Vaibhav is also serving as the vice-captain of the team for the first time. He failed to make a significant impact in the first innings and was dismissed cheaply. Vaibhav started the innings with a bang. He was batting like a T20 batsman, but he couldn’t stay at the crease for long and was clean bowled. Vaibhav scored runs at a strike rate of 280. Although Vaibhav left his team in the lurch, his opening partner Arnav Kishore was dismissed after scoring a half-century, while Ayush Loharuka scored a century to give Bihar the lead.
He faced only 5 balls
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a quickfire 14 runs off just five balls, including two fours and a six. His strike rate was 280. Vaibhav started the innings aggressively, seemingly in a different zone, but Nia put an end to his inning. Nia dealt a significant blow to Bihar by clean bowling Vaibhav. Bihar suffered its first setback at 14, but Arnav and Ayush then steadied the innings, forging a 152-run partnership for the second wicket to rescue the team from trouble.
Vaibhav must understand that the formats of T20 and ODI are different. In Ranji Trophy, you have to play cautiously, spend time at the crease, hit the weak ball, and respect the good ball. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has played five first-class innings at the Moinul Haque Stadium, but he hasn’t managed to score even 50 runs in total. Before the match against Arunachal Pradesh, Vaibhav had scored just 31 runs in four innings. He was dismissed twice for a duck. Including his innings against Arunachal Pradesh, he has managed a total of 45 runs on this ground.
Bihar all out Arunachal Pradesh for 105 runs in the first innings. Bihar’s fast bowler Shakib Hussain bowled lethally and single-handedly sent six batsmen of Arunachal to the pavilion. 3 batsmen of Arunachal Pradesh could not even open their account while only four batsmen could reach double digits. Captain Neelam Obi returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. Till the time of writing the news, Bihar had scored 186 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 35 overs in the first innings. Bihar had taken a lead of 81 runs in the first innings.