Bihar produced a breathtaking display of batting dominance with a stunning 574-6 against Arunachal Pradesh, setting a new record for the highest total in men’s List A cricket.
The previous record in India’s domestic List A matches—and the most 500-plus runs conceded by Arunachal Pradesh—was Tamil Nadu’s 506-2 in the 2022-23 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Bihar’s total is the second highest in List A cricket history behind Kandiya Ladies Cricket Club’s 632 for 4 against Pushpadana Ladies in Sri Lanka’s 2007 Women’s Domestic ODI.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a 59-ball 150 to surpass AB de Villiers’ 64-ball effort against the West Indies in the 2015 World Cup to become the fastest 150 in men’s List A history.
Jake Fraser-McCurg (29 balls in 2023), de Villiers (32-ball 100 in 2015, the fastest century by an Indian in men’s List A cricket and the third-fastest century in the world), Suryavanshi was ably supported by Shakipul Ghani.
In comparison, Ishan Kishan’s 33-ball century against Karnataka is now the fourth-fastest century by an Indian in List A cricket.
Bihar’s innings also broke records for sixes. The team hit 38 sixes, surpassing Canada’s 28 sixes against Malaysia in 2019.
Suryavanshi (15) and Ghani (12) hit 27 of these sixes, the first time in men’s List A cricket that two batsmen hit ten or more sixes each in the same innings.
The team created history by scoring a triple century in the only Vijay Hazare Trophy innings for the first time.
Along with Suryavanshi (190) and Kani (124*), Ayush Loharuka hit a 50-ball 116 – the first instance of three batsmen scoring sub-50-ball centuries in a List A innings.
Before this, the only two players to score centuries in 50 balls were Corey Anderson (36) and Jesse Ryder (46) against West Indies in 2014.
Aged just 14 years and 272 days, Suryavanshi became the youngest ever to score a century in men’s List A cricket, breaking Jahoor Elahi’s record (15 years, 209 days) in 1986.
He has scored four senior-level centuries, including three in T20 cricket.
Arunachal Pradesh’s bowlers endured a terrible session. Mibom Mosu conceded 116 runs in nine overs, the most in men’s List A cricket.
Next, Suryansh Singh (99) and DNR Mohit (98) bowled nine overs each.
Only once before have three bowlers conceded more than 90 runs in the same match, when they each bowled 12 overs against Essex in 1988.