Captain Sakibul Gani smashed a 32-ball hundred -- the fastest-ever by an Indian in List A cricket -- to power Bihar to a massive world record List A total of 574/6 against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate match, in Ranchi, on Wednesday.
This is the highest ever total recorded by any team in a 50-over game in the history of cricket and only the second time that a team had gone past the 500-run mark in List A cricket.
The previous record belonged to Tamil Nadu, who had piled up 506/2 against Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru in November 2022.
Chasing the improbable total, Arunachal Pradesh were bundled out for 177, handing Bihar a huge 397-run win.
Gani's 32-ball century is the third fastest century in List A cricket overall after South Australia's Jake McFraser-Gurk's 29-ball hundred against Tasmania in 2023-24 and A B de Villiers, who scored a 31-ball ton against West Indies in 2014-15.
He hit a total of 12 sixes and 10 fours in his entertaining innings of 128 not out from 40 balls.
The previous record for the fastest century in List A cricket by an Indian belonged to Punjab's Anmolpreet Singh, who had hit a 35-ball century against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in December last year.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi had carted the Arunachal Pradesh bowlers to all parts with his blistering 36-ball hundred, while wicketkeeper Ayush Loharuka also joined the party as he hammered 116 from 56 balls, hitting eight sixes and 11 fours, and Piyush Kumar scored 77 from 66 balls.
Overall, Bihar's batters hit as many as 38 sixes and 49 fours during their innings.
Teen sensation Suryavanshi went berserk as he hit a blistering 84-ball 190, including hitting 15 sixes, while racing past the century mark in just 36 balls.
With his sustained, brutal onslaught against an attack that was pedestrian in terms of quality, the 14-year-old opener lit up what would otherwise have been a normal opening day of the 50-over domestic tournament after.
Suryavanshi's ton is now the fourth-fastest hundred by an Indian in List A cricket.
Besides his 15 maximums, Suryavanshi also smashed 16 fours during his stay in the middle, only three days after his failure in the final of the U19 Asia Cup against Pakistan in the UAE.
It is Vaibhav's first non-T20I century in senior cricket. This was the teenager's seventh List A game, after debuting against Madhya Pradesh in December 2025.
The 14-year-old Suryvanshi slammed brought up the 150-run mark in 59 deliveries, surpassing de Villiers' 64-ball milestone against the West Indies in 2015.
Suryavanshi, though, now holds the record for the youngest List A centurion.
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