India, Dec. 25 -- Vaibhav Suryavanshi's excellent end to the year continues as he racked up another ridiculous century, this time for Bihar in the Vijay Hazare Trophy opening contest against Arunachal Pradesh. Suryavanshi's capabilities to explode for massive runs came through as he walloped 15 sixes enroute to 190 off 84 deliveries, falling short of a historic double-century.

While Suryavanshi's record-breaking innings acted as the backbone for Bihar's incredible score of 574, it has received as much concern and criticism for what it says about the state of domestic cricket in India as it has celebration.

Key concerns raised include the mismatch between batters and bowlers in the white-ball formats, with flat pitches and small grounds ...