Stats: Bihar defeat Sikkim by a record 292-run margin in the Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2018/19 Indian domestic season has marked the return of Bihar and the first inclusion of six teams from the North-East. All these seven teams are adjoined by Team Puducherry and Team Uttarakhand in the Plate group of the Vijay Hazare Trophy producing some interesting numbers. The game between Bihar and Sikkim on Sunday witnessed as many as three rare records in Indian Domestic history due to the latter’s misery with both bat and ball.

Sikkim elected to bowl first after winning the toss in the game played at Shastri Medan in Anand. The number three batsman Rahmat Ullah made the Sikkim bowlers toil throughout his stay. He reached his half-century in 53 balls but needed only 25 more to bring up his maiden List A century. In 17 more deliveries, Rahmat completed his 150 as Bihar moved towards a huge total. Rahmat made 156 off just 103 balls with 10 fours and eight sixes before retiring hurt.

Fastest known 150s in List A cricket by Indians:

His 95-ball 150 is the joint second fastest known 150 in List A cricket by an Indian. Dinesh Karthik needed only 80 balls for his 150 in 2010/11 which is the joint second fastest in all List A matches. Bengal’s Laxmi Ratan Shukla also compiled a 150 in 95 deliveries in 2011/12 season. Rahmat’s knock helped Bihar to post 338 runs for the loss of six wickets. His team won the game by a record 292 runs by bowling out Sikkim for just 46 runs.

Lowest team totals in List A cricket in India:

The total of 46 by Sikkim is the third lowest in Indian List A cricket and only the 5th total of less than 50 in the country. Two of those came against Railways that too in Nagpur at different venues. The 292-run winning margin of Bihar finds a place in the top ten biggest wins in the List A format. This is also the highest winning margin in terms of runs in Indian List A cricket surpassing the 279-run winning margin of Baroda against Assam during 2017/18 Vijay Hazare Tournament.

Biggest wins in terms of runs in List A cricket:

(Stats as on September 30, 2018)

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