Andhra Pradesh cricket team

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Andhra cricket team
Captain: Mohammad Kaif
Coach: Vincent Vinay Kumar Dasari[1]
Owner: Andhra Cricket Association
Founded: 1930
Home ground: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (capacity 45,000);
YS Raja Reddy Stadium, Cuddapah (capacity 15,000)
Ranji Trophy wins: 0
Irani Trophy wins: 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: 0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins: 0
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: 0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins: 0
Official website: ACA

The Andhra Pradesh 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

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 achieved two wins out of six in the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, missing out of the semi-finals. It falls under the South Zone of Indian cricket. In the 2007-08 season, the Andhra Pradesh cricket team was captained by Mannava Prasad. The contingent also included Arjun Kumar, Mohammad Faiq, Sarath Babu and Paidikalva Vijaykumar.[2]

In a recent match held in February 2013 in Goa, Andhra Pradesh played an outstanding game to beat the host team Goa by an embarrassing 170-run in the South Zone meet at the Vijay Hazare (Vijay Hazare Trophy) National One Day Championship. Played with superb all round batting and ferocious bowling, Andhra Pradesh scored 261 for six in 50 overs with the star player of the game, K.S. Bharat notching up 125 runs. Likewise, the Goa team saw a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Andhra bowlers at just 91 in 25.4 overs.[3]

Andhra finished seventh in the 2013-14 Ranji Trophy season, winning just one game. In limited-overs tournaments, the results were equally middling. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, they finished last in the South Zone group and failed to progress to the Super League. Although their Vijay Hazare campaign also ended on a similar note, Andhra were third on the South Zone table, behind Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Home Ground

Venue City Established Capacity Notes
International Ground
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Visakhapatnam 2003 35,000
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam 1987 25,000
Indira Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada 1960 n/a
Domestic Ground
Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex(ACA Academy Stadium) Vizianagram 2013 n/a hosted 2 Women's ODI
Andhra Cricket Association Women's Cricket Academy Ground Guntur 2011 n/a
CSR Sarma College Ground Ongole 2012 n/a
Kandula Sreenivasa Reddy Memorial College of Engineering Ground Cuddapah 2012 n/a
Port Trust Diamond Jubilee Stadium Visakhapatnam 1993 n/a hosted Afro-Asia Under-19 Cup in 2005
Rural Development Trust Stadium Anantapur 2003 5,000
YS Raja Reddy Stadium Cuddapah 2011 15,000
Ukku Stadium Visakhapatnam 1991 n/a

Notable players

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Main article: List of Andhra Pradesh cricketers

The ACA has produced very few international players. 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
Mohammad Kaif (1980-12-01) 1 December 1980 (age 43) Right-handed Right arm off break
Vice-captain
DB Prasanth Kumar (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Batsmen
Murumulla Sriram (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off break
Ricky Bhui (1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right arm leg break
AG Pradeep (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm off break
Bodapati Sumanth (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Koripalli Sreekanth (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right arm off break
Wicket-keeper
Srikar Bharat (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed — Opening Batsmen
All-rounders
K. Bharat Reddy (1989-10-02) 2 October 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm leg break
D. Siva Kumar (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Spinners
Shaik Basha (1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm off break
D. Naren Reddy (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm off break
Bodavarapu Sudhakar (1991-07-25) 25 July 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Dasari Swaroop Kumar (1986-05-07) 7 May 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Fast Bowlers
Tekkami Atchuta Rao (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 37) Left-handed Left arm medium
Kakani Harish (1991-05-19) 19 May 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium
Paidikalva Vijaykumar (1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm medium
CV Stephen (1993-12-03) 3 December 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Left arm medium
KV Sasikanth (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 28) Left-handed Right arm medium

Coaching Staff

  • Head coach - Mukund Paramar
  • Asst. Coach - Amit Pathak
  • Physio - Mahesh Pradeep Barun
  • Trainer - Gohil Rakesh
  • Video analyst - V Chaitanya Nag
  • Manager - M S Kumar

References

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