Andhra cricket team

Andhra cricket team
Personnel
Captain Hanuma Vihari
Coach Monty Desai[1]
Owner Andhra Cricket Association
Team information
Founded 1930
Home ground

Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (capacity 30,000);
YS Raja Reddy Stadium, Cuddapah (capacity 5,000)

Dr. PVG RAJU ACA SPORTS COMPLEX, Vizianagaram
History
Ranji Trophy wins 0
Irani Trophy wins 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins 0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins 0
Official website: ACA
Current season

The Andhra cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The team's home ground is the APCA-VDCA Stadium at Visakhapatnam, but some of their home matches are also played at Vijayawada and Anantapur.[2]

Overview

Andhra has competed in every season of the Ranji Trophy since making its first appearance in the 1953–54 season, with the exception of 1961–62, when it was absent. It falls under the South Zone of Indian cricket. As of late October 2016 it has played 297 first-class matches, with 42 wins, 127 losses and 128 draws.[3] Since the inception of List A cricket in India in 1986–87, Andhra has played 114 List A matches, with 30 wins, 83 losses and one no-result.[4]

It has never featured in a Ranji Trophy final and has therefore never had a chance to participate in the Irani Trophy. In the 2007/08 season Andhra, captained by Mannava Prasad, achieved two wins out of six in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, missing out of the semi-finals.[2]

In February 2018, they reached the semi-finals of the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy, the first time the team had got to that stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the club's history.[5]

Notable players

The ACA has produced very few international players, which include spinner Venkatapathy Raju and wicket keeper M. S. K. Prasad. Many players from the ACA have played for India U-19s. The teams most notable players are:

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

  • The following players featured in at least one first-class, list A or Twenty20 game for Andhra during the 2014/15 season.
Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Captain
Hanuma Vihari13 October 1993Right-handedRight arm off breakPicked for Rest of India cricket team in 2017–18 Irani Cup
Vice-captain
Ricky Bhui29 September 1996Right-handedRight arm leg breakFC 100/50 : 4/7. Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad / plays for India - B in deodhar trophy
Batsmen
AG Pradeep13 January 1987Right-handedRight arm off breakFC 100/50 : 6/10
Bodapati Sumanth10 May 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fastFC 100/50 : 5/14
Murumulla Sriram21 September 1992Right-handedRight arm off break
DB Prasanth Kumar13 December 1991Right-handedRight arm leg break
Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi17 June 1992Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Koripalli Sreekanth23 November 1992Right-handedRight arm off break
Wicket-keeper
K. S. Bharat3 October 1993Right-handed—Picked for Rest of India cricket team in 2017–18 Irani Cup
Plays for India B in 2017–18 Deodhar Trophy
Spinners
Shaik Basha22 May 1993Right-handedRight arm off break
D. Naren Reddy14 December 1994Right-handedRight arm off break
Bodavarapu Sudhakar25 July 1991Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Fast Bowlers
Paidikalva Vijaykumar20 October 1986Right-handedRight arm mediumFC Wkts : 180+
CV Stephen3 December 1993Left-handedLeft arm mediumFC Wkts : 40+
Kakani Harish19 May 1991Right-handedRight arm medium

Coaching staff

  • Head coach – Monty Desai
  • Asst. Coach – hemal watekar
  • Physio – srinivas rao
  • Trainer – sudharshan
  • Video analyst – V Chaitanya Nag
  • Manager – M S Kumar

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Andhra Cricket Association". Andhracricketassociation.in. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  2. 1 2 "Andhra Pradesh cricket team". Sports Pundit. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Andhra's first-class playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Andhra's List A playing record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Siva charts Andhra's maiden semifinal foray". Wisden India. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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