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Highest Ranji Trophy partnership: Bihar’s middle-order batters put on display the fourth-highest partnership in Ranji Trophy yesterday.

A Plate Group match of the ongoing first round of Ranji Trophy between Bihar and Mizoram in Kolkata found a place in the record books on the back of a formidable batting performance by Bihar.

Captain Ashutosh Aman’s decision of batting first after winning the toss reaped fruits for Bihar after they posted a giant total of 686/5 dec. in 159.4 overs.

Having already scored individual centuries on Day 1, Babul Kumar and Sakibul Gani made it a point to convert their innings into double and triple centuries respectively. In what was Kumar’s third first-class century, he surpassed his previous career-best of 195 (vs Sikkim in Cuttack) to score 228* (398) with the help of 27 fours and a six.

However, it was 22-year old Gani who not just dominated Mizoram’s bowlers but also the news across the globe post his heroic knock. Gani, who became the first-ever player to score a triple century on first-class debut, ended up with a magnificent 341 (405) with the help of 56 fours and two sixes.

Congratulations to Bihar’s Sakibul Gani, who created a world record by becoming the first batsman in the world to score a triple century on first-class debut. #SakibulGani smashed 341 runs from 405 balls in Ranji Trophy against Mizoram.

Historic moment for Bihar in Ranji Trophy. pic.twitter.com/5UmiCptz6w

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) February 18, 2022

Kumar and Gani, who joined hands to put together a 538-run partnership for the fourth wicket, were successful in registering the 11th-highest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket, third-highest fourth-wicket partnership in first-class cricket and the fourth-highest partnership in Ranji Trophy.

As far as the Ranji Trophy is concerned, Kumar and Gani have snatched the fourth position from Saurashtra’s Cheteshawar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja, who had put together a 520-run partnership for the fifth wicket against Odisha in Rajkot in 2008.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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