Bihar’s Sakibul Gani waltzed into the document books, changing into the primary participant within the historical past of the sport to attain a triple century on his first-class debut. Gani, son of a farmer from Bihar’s Motihari district, scored 341 off 405 balls, hitting 56 fours and two sixes, within the Plate Group Ranji Trophy fixture towards Mizoram on the Jadavpur University Campus floor in Kolkata on Friday.
After the day’s play, the Bihar staff administration stonewalled Gani from assembly/speaking with reporters, saying there’s an “embargo” for the gamers. Team supervisor Vishnu Kumar spoke in regards to the hardship that the younger participant confronted whereas rising up. “He did a lot of hard yards. His father is a farmer, but Gani always wanted to play cricket,” Kumar mentioned.
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2⃣ SixesSakibul Gani, taking part in for Bihar, created a world document as he turned the first batter to attain a Triple Ton on First Class debut. #BIHvCAM #RanjiTrophy @paytm
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Gani got here to the crease with Bihar on 71/3 on the primary day on Thursday. Together with Babul Kumar, he stitched a 538-run fourth-wicket partnership, the latter remaining unbeaten on 229, as Bihar declared their first innings on 686/5.
Gani has performed List A cricket earlier than this, scoring 377 runs from 14 matches together with a century. In 11 home T20s, he has made 192 runs. Now he has began his first-class profession with a bang, albeit on the Plate degree.
The highest rating on first-class debut beforehand belonged to Madhya Pradesh’s Ajay Rothera – 267 towards Hyderabad in 2018. Back in 1993-94, Mumbai’s Amol Muzumdar had scored 260 on first-class debut.
After its Covid-forced cancellation final time period, the Ranji Trophy has returned this season in a special format. The Plate Group matches are being performed in Kolkata and the table- toppers right here would play a qualifier towards the lowest-ranked pool winners among the many Elite Group groups to succeed in the quarterfinals.
Coming again to Gani, the staff supervisor knowledgeable that Bihar cricket chief Rakesh Tiwary has promised felicitations for him and Kumar upon the squad’s return to the state. For the document, Mizoram completed Day Two on 40/3 of their first innings.
Brief scores: Bihar 686 for five declared (Sakibul Ghani 341, Babul Kumar 229 not out) lead Mizoram 40 for 3 by 646 runs
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
