Patna:- The Bihar batsmen did more than expected and put in a great performance and gave hope. This is the condition for the Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh Ranji Trophy match to be played at the local Moinul Haq Stadium. On the third day of the Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh match, the Bihar batsmen took good care of the visiting bowlers. Although four Bihar players missed their half-centuries and two batsmen missed their centuries, they caused a lot of worry for the visiting bowlers. A total of 38 fours and 4 sixes have been hit from Bihar so far. Vipin Saurabh alone hit three skyscraper sixes. One of them had even crossed the stadium.

It took 135 runs to avoid follow-on
At the end of the third day’s play, Bihar had scored 331 runs for 130.5 wickets in their first innings. Bihar still needs 135 runs to avoid follow-on attacks and has two wickets in hand. Madhya Pradesh scored 616 runs in 130.2 overs in their first innings. On the third day of play, Bihar started with four wickets and 131 runs ahead of the second day. Vipin Saurabh and Ayush Loharuka fought fiercely. Both batsmen kept the Madhya Pradesh players calm. Vipin Saurabh also hit a skyscraper on the third day. Let us tell you that Vipin Saurabh also hit a six across the stadium on the second day. Today Vipin was nearing his century but while playing the ball from Saransh Jain, he gave the wicket-keeper Himanshu Mantri a chance to stumble and he was out. Vipin Saurabh scored 71 runs in 89 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes.

There is panic in the Madhya Pradesh camp
There was a strong partnership of 96 runs for the fifth wicket between Ayush and Vipin. After Vipin’s dismissal, Sarman Nigrodh gave full support to Ayush Loharuka and both the batsmen created panic in the Madhya Pradesh camp. Both kept their feet on the wicket and put together an 86-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Bihar suffered the sixth blow when Venkatesh Iyer had Ayush Loharuka, who was moving towards a century, trapped by Kumar Karthikeya Singh. Ayush Loharuka played a valuable innings of 76 runs in 213 balls with the help of 11 fours. Sachin Kumar Singh came to support Samaran Nigrodh. The pair seemed to be on good terms when Samran Nigrodh was eliminated LBW in 106.2 overs of the game due to a low ball from Aryan Pandey. Sarman scored 42 runs in 122 balls with the help of 5 fours.

Bihar suffered its eighth blow in the form of Sachin Kumar Singh on the fifth ball of the last over of the third day’s play. Sachin Kumar Singh was bowled by Kumar Karthikeya Singh. Before he got out, Sachin Kumar Singh scored a patient 34 runs with the help of 6 fours in 99 balls. At the end of the third day’s play, Bihar captain Veer Pratap Singh is at the crease with 4 runs and Bihar’s score is 331 runs for 8 wickets.

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With four half centuries and two centuries
From Bihar, Piyush Kumar Singh scored 37 runs, Vaibhav Suryavanshi 5, Babul Kumar 47, Saqibul Gani 3, Vipin Saurabh 71, Ayush Loharuka 76, Sarman Nigrodh 42 and Sachin Kumar Singh 34 runs. For Madhya Pradesh, Aryan Pandey took 2 wickets for 37 runs, Venkatesh Iyer took 1 wicket for 19 runs, Kumar Karthikeya Singh took 2 wickets for 85 runs and Saransh Jain took 3 wickets for 107 runs. The fourth and final game of the day begins as planned tomorrow.

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