The floodlights came on at Sports Park 22 Yards, Patna, on the evening of 26 June 2026, and with them, history was made. Bihar’s first-ever corporate night cricket tournament had arrived.
The Brotherhood Series 2026, organised by WCB (Weekend Cricket Bash), did not ease into existence quietly. Its opening match between WCB Warriors and WCB Titans gave the Patna corporate cricket community everything it could have hoped for: a breathtaking individual innings, a gripping chase, late drama, and a result that went right down to the wire.
WCB Titans emerged victorious by 5 wickets, chasing down 150 in 17.3 overs, but the night ultimately belonged to a knock that transcended the result.
Before a ball was bowled, the significance of the occasion deserved to be felt. For years, working professionals and corporate cricketers in Patna have competed informally, in gully matches and weekend knockabouts, without a structured, floodlit competitive platform to call their own. The Brotherhood Series 2026 changes that. WCB has built something real: a properly scored, professionally organised night cricket league for corporate players across Bihar, and this was its opening chapter.
The Opening Night: Setting the Scene
Sports Park 22 Yards was the stage. The toss went to WCB Titans, who elected to field. 601 fans followed the action online as the match unfolded under the lights, a number that speaks to the appetite this tournament has already generated.
Match referee duties were handled by scorer Kuldeep Sahay, and the game ran from 7:32 PM to 10:56 PM, just over three hours of competitive cricket that had plenty of twists built into it.
First Innings: WCB Warriors 149/10 in 19.1 Overs
The Top Order Crumbles
WCB Warriors walked out to bat knowing they needed to set a score worth defending. What they did not expect was to lose five wickets inside the first five and a half overs.
Vipin, opening the bowling for WCB Titans, was practically unplayable. He removed Prafull Gaurav for a duck off the third ball of the match, had Prakash Shrivastava caught at slip for 13, and pinned Himanshu Shekhar lbw for 1. Ravikant Arya fell lbw to Athar Khan for 1. Ranveer Ranjan chipped in with the wicket of Lav Pathak, stumped for 3.
Warriors were 22 for 5 at 5.2 overs. In the opening match of a brand new tournament, on a night meant to celebrate cricket, the hosts were staring down an embarrassing collapse.
Dr Sibgat Stands Alone: 99 Not Out Off 52 Balls
What happened next was the kind of innings that reminds you why cricket is the most dramatic game in the world.
Captain Dr Sibgat, batting at number four, refused to let his team fold. With wickets falling around him and the scoreboard barely moving, he decided to take the attack on. And he did it with an authority that no bowling attack on the night could contain.
He brought up his fifty off just 31 balls, hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes along the way. He continued to punish anything loose, anything short, anything full. In 93 minutes at the crease, off 52 balls, he finished on 99 not out, having hit 13 fours and 4 sixes at a strike rate of 190.38.
The innings also brought with it a personal career milestone. At the 8.4 over mark, the CricHeroes scorer noted that Dr Sibgat had completed 700 fours in his career on the platform. On the opening night of Bihar’s first corporate night cricket tournament, the captain of WCB Warriors reached one of the great individual landmarks in the region’s corporate cricket history.
The only blemish on an otherwise extraordinary innings was the scoreboard at the other end. The lower order offered little. A 50-run sixth wicket partnership with Alind Singh (5 off 12) produced 29 balls of genuine resistance, pushing the score past 90, but once that stand broke, wickets tumbled quickly. Extras of 21 (17 wides, 4 leg byes) helped Warriors crawl towards a total, but 149 all out in 19.1 overs felt like at least 15 to 20 runs short of what Dr Sibgat’s innings deserved.
WCB Warriors Full Batting Card
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | Min |
| Prakash Shrivastava | c Athar Khan b Vipin | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | 14 |
| Prafull Gaurav | b Vipin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 |
| Ravikant Arya | lbw b Athar Khan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 5 |
| Dr Sibgat (C) | not out | 99 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 190.38 | 93 |
| Himanshu Shekhar | lbw b Vipin | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 3 |
| Lav Pathak | st Pankaj Roy b Ranveer Ranjan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | 8 |
| Alind Singh | b Ashutosh Singh | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.67 | 38 |
| Dr Gagan K Banodhe | c Mani b Umang Raj Bhardwaj | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | 10 |
| Ankit Corp Strikers JJ | st Pankaj Roy b Umang Raj Bhardwaj | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Ashwini Kumar | c Pankaj Roy b Vipin | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | 11 |
| Abhishek Kumar | c Pankaj Roy b Ashutosh Singh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 |
| Extras | wd 17, lb 4 | 21 | |||||
| Total | 149/10 (19.1 Ov) |
Yet to Bat: Maneesh, Jitendra Kothari
Fall of Wickets
15/1 (Prafull Gaurav, 2.2 ov) · 16/2 (Prakash Shrivastava, 2.5 ov) · 16/3 (Ravikant Arya, 3.1 ov) · 18/4 (Himanshu Shekhar, 4.1 ov) · 22/5 (Lav Pathak, 5.2 ov) · 93/6 (Alind Singh, 12.2 ov) · 99/7 (Dr Gagan K Banodhe, 15.2 ov) · 99/8 (Ankit Corp Strikers JJ, 15.3 ov) · 122/9 (Ashwini Kumar, 17.4 ov) · 149/10 (Abhishek Kumar, 19.1 ov)
WCB Titans Bowling: Vipin’s Defining Spell
If Dr Sibgat owned the batting honours, Vipin owned the bowling. His figures of 4 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 4.00 were exceptional for a 20-over night match. He struck early, he struck in the middle, and he cleaned up the tail. It was a complete fast bowling performance that set the tone for the entire innings.
Umang Raj Bhardwaj was tidy and effective with 2 for 19 in 4 overs. Ashutosh Singh picked up 2 wickets in his 3.1 overs including the final blow. Ranveer Ranjan and Athar Khan chipped in with a wicket each, though Athar Khan’s 3 overs cost 37 runs including 4 wides, giving Warriors a few extra runs at critical moments.
WCB Titans Bowling Figures
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | Eco |
| Vipin | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Athar Khan (C) | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12.33 |
| Ranveer Ranjan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Digvijay Kumar | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.67 |
| Umang Raj Bhardwaj | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.75 |
| Ashutosh Singh | 3.1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.32 |
Second Innings: WCB Titans Chase 150 in 17.3 Overs
The Titans Come Out Swinging
The innings break lasted 16 minutes, from 9:21 PM to 9:37 PM, and WCB Titans walked out needing 150 off 20 overs: a target that looked very gettable on a flat track, but one Dr Sibgat’s warriors would push them hard to reach.
Kunal Singh gave Titans the ideal platform, cracking 18 off 13 balls with 2 fours and a six before a sharp run-out from Abhishek Kumar ended his innings at 3.4 overs with the score at 32. Abhishek Prasad added 14 off 16 before being caught by Lav Pathak off Abhishek Kumar. Titans were 46 for 2 at 5.4 overs and a flicker of hope was alive for Warriors.
The Anuj Kumar and Pankaj Roy Alliance
What the chase needed was a partnership to stabilise and accelerate in equal measure. Anuj Kumar and Pankaj Roy provided exactly that.
The two built a third-wicket stand worth 75 runs across approximately 50 balls, a partnership that fundamentally took the chase away from Warriors. Anuj Kumar contributed 34 off 33 balls (4 fours, 1 six) before being forced to retire hurt at the 14-over mark with the score on 121. Pankaj Roy kept going, eventually falling for 36 off 27 balls (4 fours, 1 six, SR 133.33) to Dr Gagan K Banodhe at 15.2 overs with 133 on the board.
The Late Drama
Three wickets fell in the space of 12 balls. Mani gone for 6. Pankaj Roy gone for 36. Ranveer Ranjan caught and bowled by Prakash Shrivastava for 1. Suddenly, at 136 for 5 in 16.2 overs, Warriors had a sniff. Fourteen runs needed. Four overs remaining. Five wickets down.
Ashutosh Singh and Digvijay Kumar shut the door.
Ashutosh Singh played a cameo of 10 not out off 6 balls (SR 166.67). Digvijay Kumar added 6 not out off just 3 balls at a strike rate of 200. Between them, they knocked off the remaining 14 runs with composure to spare. WCB Titans crossed the line at 150 for 5 in 17.3 overs, winning by 5 wickets.
The 25 extras in the Titans innings (16 wides, 4 leg byes, 5 byes) was a factor too, handing the chasing team a material advantage that Warriors could not afford to give.
WCB Titans Full Batting Card
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | Min |
| Kunal Singh | run out (Abhishek Kumar) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 138.46 | 18 |
| Abhishek Prasad | c Lav Pathak b Abhishek Kumar | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 87.50 | 26 |
| Anuj Kumar | retired hurt | 34 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 103.03 | 45 |
| Pankaj Roy | b Dr Gagan K Banodhe | 36 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 133.33 | 42 |
| Mani | b Dr Gagan K Banodhe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | 6 |
| Ranveer Ranjan | c and b Prakash Shrivastava | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 4 |
| Ashutosh Singh | not out | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 166.67 | 7 |
| Digvijay Kumar | not out | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | 4 |
| Extras | wd 16, lb 4, b 5 | 25 | |||||
| Total | 150/5 (17.3 Ov) |
Yet to Bat: Ranjeet Singh, Athar Khan (c), Animesh Jha, Anup Kumar, Umang Raj Bhardwaj, Vipin
Fall of Wickets
32/1 (Kunal Singh, 3.4 ov) · 46/2 (Abhishek Prasad, 5.4 ov) · 121/2 (Anuj Kumar retired hurt, 14 ov) · 133/3 (Pankaj Roy, 15.2 ov) · 134/4 (Mani, 15.4 ov) · 136/5 (Ranveer Ranjan, 16.2 ov)
WCB Warriors Bowling in the Chase
Abhishek Kumar was the standout bowler for Warriors in the second innings with a superb spell of 1 for 11 in 3 overs at an economy of 3.70. Dr Gagan K Banodhe was dangerous with 2 for 24 in 2.3 overs, and Prakash Shrivastava took 1 for 13 in 2 economical overs. Captain Dr Sibgat took no wickets in his 3 overs for 31, but his contribution on the night was always going to be measured with the bat.
WCB Warriors Bowling Figures
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | Eco |
| Dr Sibgat (C) | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10.33 |
| Abhishek Kumar | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Himanshu Shekhar | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Ashwini Kumar | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Alind Singh | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| Dr Gagan K Banodhe | 2.3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.60 |
| Prakash Shrivastava | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
Player of the Match: Vipin (WCB Titans)
The Player of the Match award went to Vipin, and no one in the ground would have argued against it. His 4 for 16 in 4 overs was the bowling performance of the night, ripping through the Warriors top order and putting WCB Titans in total control of the first innings. On a night when Dr Sibgat single-handedly rebuilt the innings to 149, it was Vipin who had made sure it never got bigger.
Match Timeline: How the Night Unfolded
| Time | Milestone |
| 7:32 PM | Match starts, Warriors begin batting |
| 8.3 Ov | Warriors reach 50, Extras at 11 |
| 8.4 Ov | Dr Sibgat completes 700 career fours on CricHeroes |
| 12.2 Ov | 6th wicket stand: 50 runs in 29 balls (Sibgat 38 off 22, Alind Singh 4 off 7, Ex 8) |
| 15.5 Ov | Warriors reach 100, Extras at 15 |
| 9:21 PM | Warriors innings ends: 149/10 in 19.1 overs |
| 9:37 PM | Titans begin their chase |
| Titans 6.3 Ov | Titans reach 52, Extras 13 |
| Titans 11.5 Ov | Titans reach 104, Extras 19 |
| Titans 14 Ov | Anuj Kumar retires hurt on 34, score at 121 |
| Titans 17.3 Ov | Titans cross 150, match won by 5 wickets |
| 10:56 PM | Match ends |
What WCB’s Brotherhood Series Means for Corporate Cricket in Bihar
WCB (Weekend Cricket Bash) has built something that corporate cricketers in Bihar have waited a long time for. The Brotherhood Series 2026 is the first structured, professionally scored night cricket tournament exclusively for corporate players in the state, played under floodlights at a dedicated venue in Patna.
For players who spend their weekdays in offices and their evenings dreaming of cover drives, this tournament is a genuine outlet. The level of competition on show in the very first match, including a near-century at a strike rate of 190 and a tense five-wicket chase, proves that Bihar’s corporate cricketers are ready for exactly this kind of platform.
WCB has not just launched a cricket tournament. It has created a community.
FAQ: Brotherhood Series 2026 and WCB Night Cricket Patna
What is the Brotherhood Series 2026?
The Brotherhood Series 2026 is Bihar’s first corporate night cricket tournament, organised by WCB (Weekend Cricket Bash). It is played under floodlights at Sports Park 22 Yards in Patna in a 20-over format, exclusively for corporate cricket teams.
What does WCB stand for in cricket?
WCB stands for Weekend Cricket Bash, the organising body behind Bihar’s first corporate night cricket league, the Brotherhood Series 2026, held in Patna.
Who won the opening match of the Brotherhood Series 2026?
WCB Titans won the opening match of the Brotherhood Series 2026 by 5 wickets, chasing down WCB Warriors’ total of 149 in 17.3 overs at Sports Park 22 Yards, Patna.
Who was Player of the Match in the Brotherhood Series 2026 opener?
Vipin of WCB Titans was named Player of the Match for his brilliant bowling spell of 4 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 4.00.
Who scored the most runs in the WCB Warriors vs WCB Titans match?
Dr Sibgat (C) of WCB Warriors scored 99 not out off 52 balls with 13 fours and 4 sixes at a strike rate of 190.38, the highest individual score in the match.
Where is the Brotherhood Series 2026 played?
The Brotherhood Series 2026 by WCB is played at Sports Park 22 Yards, Patna, Bihar, under floodlights in the evening.
How can I follow the Brotherhood Series 2026?
All Brotherhood Series 2026 scorecards are available on CricHeroes. Search for “Brotherhood Series 2026 WCB” on the CricHeroes app to follow live scores, player stats, and match highlights.
Is the Brotherhood Series the first night cricket tournament in Bihar for corporate players?
Yes. The Brotherhood Series 2026 organised by WCB (Weekend Cricket Bash) is Bihar’s first dedicated night cricket tournament for corporate cricketers, making the opening match on 26 June 2026 a historic occasion for sport in Patna.
The Brotherhood Series 2026 has begun. If the opening night is anything to go by, WCB has created something truly special for Patna and for Bihar. The lights are on. The game is real. And it is only getting started.
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