Bihar was deeply insulted at home, lost 12 wickets in a single day and lost by an innings, placed last in the points table.

New Delhi. Bihar has entered the elite group of Ranji Trophy, but it is not able to stand at all in front of strong teams. Now let's face competition from Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. In this match played in Patna, Bihar was in a position to get a draw till the third day, but on the fourth day the batsmen surrendered in such a manner that the team lost by an innings and 108 runs. This is Bihar's third defeat in 4 matches in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season. The one match that Bihar has not lost is because the game was canceled due to rain and bad field.

The Ranji match between Madhya Pradesh and Bihar was held at Moin Ul Haq Stadium in Patna from 6 to 9 November. The visiting team Madhya Pradesh batted first and despite losing 4 wickets for 147 runs, managed to score a huge score of 616. Madhya Pradesh was taken to this score by its captain Shubham Sharma (240) and Venkatesh Iyer (176).

Batters lost hope on the last day
In response to Madhya Pradesh's huge score, Bihar had scored 331 runs for 8 wickets by the end of the third day's play. Group matches of Ranji Trophy last only for 4 days. In such a situation, Bihar's chances of winning were over but the way it batted on the third day, its fans were hopeful that this match could be a draw. But Madhya Pradesh did not allow this to happen.

Played follow on and lost by innings too
The bowlers of Madhya Pradesh took 12 wickets on the fourth i.e. the last day of the match and gave their team victory by an innings margin. On Saturday, Madhya Pradesh, playing ahead of 331 runs for 8 wickets, bowled out Bihar for 347 runs. After this he called Bihar for follow up. In this way, Bihar batted immediately after being all out and was all out again in about 4 hours. Madhya Pradesh restricted Bihar to 161 runs in the second innings. Kumar Karthikeya of Madhya Pradesh took 4 wickets in the second innings of Bihar. Saransh Jain gave maximum 5 blows to Bihar in the first innings.

Madhya Pradesh at third place in points table
With this victory, Madhya Pradesh has come third in Group C of Ranji Trophy Elite with 9 points. Bihar is at eighth i.e. last position in the points table with one point. Haryana is at first position in the group with 19 points. Kerala (15) is at second place.

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