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Patna: The Bihar cricket team arrived at Patnas Moin-ul-Haq stadium Friday for a Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai, and so did the Bihar cricket team..
Chaos ensued, with a bit of skirmishing that saw an officer on special duty being injured, before the police ejected one of the teams from the ground and the match Bihars first match in the elite group of the Ranji Trophy since its separation from Jharkhand got off to a late start...
Behind all this lies a power struggle in the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA), with one team having been selected by BCA president Rakesh Kumar Tiwary and the other by Amit Kumar, who alleges that he was illegally removed from the post of BCA secretary..
The elections Kumar refers to were held on 3 October 2022 and he was dismissed from his post by the BCA ombudsman on 4 June 2023 on account of misconduct and irresponsible behaviour on a petition filed by the association...
The BCA and the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) were created as its successors in 2001, with only the JSCA being granted BCCI affiliation by its newly elected president, Jagmohan Dalmiya, and being allowed to continue playing in the Ranji Trophy, while the BCA lost its affiliation..
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