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Bihar defeated Manipur in Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Plate final to secure promotion in Elite group next season. (PHOTO: X/BCCI DOMESTIC)

Ranji Trophy 2025-26: Bihar decimate Manipur by 568 runs in Plate final, to return to Elite group next season

January 27, 2026 12:11 am

Bihar, whose Ranji Trophy journey has been marked by turbulence, had briefly broken into the Elite Group in the 2022-23 season before slipping back to the Plate Group in 2024-25.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (R) in action for Bihar. (PTI)

Why Bihar’s world record 574 blast raises more concerns for Indian domestic cricket than reasons to rejoice

December 27, 2025 8:31 am

As staggering a feat Vaibhav-inspired world-record was, it raises questions about the quality and depth of the tournament

Led by Vaibhav Suryavanshi's century, India U19 recorded their biggest win in Australia on Thursday. (PTI)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi named Bihar vice-captain at 14 in Ranji Trophy 2025-26

October 13, 2025 1:29 pm

Bihar will open their campaign against Arunachal in Patna before travelling to Naidad to face Manipur.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi fastest hundred in U19 Tests

13-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi may switch states to get out of Bihar cricket mess

October 10, 2024 9:29 pm

Top clubs in Tamil Nadu first division interested in signing teenager as two separate Bihar sides picked for first two Ranji games.

Two Bihar Ranji Trophy teams turn up on ground, start delayed

January 06, 2024 5:17 pm

The one picked by the BCA president Rakesh Tiwary takes the field. The team with blessings of secretary Amit Kumar left high and dry.

His IPL petition led to changes in BCCI. Now, he sides with those he had once opposed

May 25, 2022 9:21 am

Nine years after taking the BCCI to court, a move that resulted in large-scale constitutional changes in Indian cricket, the petitioner Aditya Verma now speaks in favour of those he had once opposed.

Dodgy selections and Bihar cricket rot

January 02, 2024 10:47 am

BCA president Rakesh Tiwary, a former state BJP treasurer, is at the centre of allegations of procedural wrongdoing and interference in the selection of teams.

Infighting, selection scam prompt BCCI to send own selectors to Bihar

November 27, 2021 11:18 am

The Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) has had two factions – led by BJP politicians – and in September, the association had sent two under-19 teams to the BCCI.

Ahead of Vinoo Mankad Trophy, two BJP leaders queer Bihar cricket pitch: My team vs your team

September 07, 2021 3:28 pm

The confusion is a result of intense infighting between two groups, each headed by politicians associated with the BJP, and both claiming to be representing the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA).