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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Bihar captain Sakibul Gani expressed pride in his team’s performance after they won the Ranji Trophy Plate final against Manipur and made their way to the Elite group, and praised the lower-order batters for handling the situation well and getting the team to a 500+ first innings total after the fall of five early wickets.

Bihar registered a commanding all-round performance to crush Manipur by 568 runs in the Ranji Trophy Plate 2025–26 final at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, clinching the Plate title and earning promotion to the Elite Group next season.

Batting first, Bihar piled up 522, led by Bipin Saurabh’s 143 and Gani’s 108, with Suraj Kashyap adding 83. Manipur replied with 264, Ronald Longjam top-scoring with 79, as Bihar took a big first-innings lead, a phase Gani felt proved decisive.