Andhra Cricket Association

Andhra Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Andhra region of the Andhra Pradesh state of India and the Andhra cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Andhra Cricket Association
SportCricket
JurisdictionAndhra Pradesh, India
AbbreviationACA
Founded1953 (1953)
AffiliationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Regional affiliationSouth
Headquarters ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
LocationVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
PresidentDV Subba Rao
ChairmanMannava Prasad
SecretaryGV Ramachandra Raju
Men's coachMonty Desai
Women's coachn/a
Other key staffn/a
Sponsorn/a
Official website
www.andhracricketassociation.com

Maharajkumar of Vizianagram was the founder President of the Andhra Cricket Association and Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. He was the Indian cricket team Captain and batsman in the 1930s. In the 1960s he was the Indian Cricket Commentator.

He was the first person in Andhra to develop Cricket and take it to the masses, as said by Sri DV Subba Rao, Present ACA - President, and Sri Gokaraju Ganga Raju - General secretary - ACA BCCI- Vice President). Later Dr. PVG Raju Garu became the president of ACA and served a lot for cricket development in Andhra Pradesh. Sri P.S.Venkateswara Rao served in the capacity of Secretary, ACA.

Most recently the Andhra Under-19s won the South Zone One Day Trophy last year.

The ACA has produced very few international players namely Ambati Rayudu who later shifted to Hyderabad, Baroda played for India in ODI Matches. Mannava Prasad and Venugopal Rao. Many players from the ACA have played for India U-19s including D Sivakumar, Gnaneshwar Rao (Captained India U19s), GVS Prasad, Bodapati Sumanth and more recently Ricky Bhui.

Current Office Bearers

President: P. Sarath Chandra Reddy

Vice-president: V.V.S.S.K.K. Yachendra

Secretary: V. Durga Prasad

Joint Secretary: Mr.K.S. Ramachandra Rao

Treasurer: S. Gopinatha Reddy

Councillor: R. Dhanunjaya Reddy

Grounds
Venue City Established Capacity Notes
International Ground
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Visakhapatnam 2003 35,000 [1]
Domestic Grounds
Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports ComplexVizianagram2013n/a[2]
Andhra Cricket Association Women's Cricket Academy GroundGuntur2011n/a
CSR Sarma College GroundOngole2012n/a
Kandula Sreenivasa Reddy Memorial College of Engineering GroundCuddapah2012n/a
Port Trust Diamond Jubilee StadiumVisakhapatnam1993n/ahosted Afro-Asia Under-19 Cup in 2005
Rural Development Trust StadiumAnantapur20035,000
YS Raja Reddy StadiumCuddapah201115,000

See also
  • Andhra Pradesh cricket team

References
  1. "Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "P.V.G. Raju Sports Complex opened". The Hindu. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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