Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) is the governing body of

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in the

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. The association is affiliated to the

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(BCCI) and governs the Andhra cricket team. The association was founded in 1953 and has been affiliated to the BCCI ever since. The ACA operates the ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in

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, which hosts International-level

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, ODI and T20 cricket matches. The headquarters of the association is at Visakhapatnam.

C. K. Nayudu Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967), also known as CK, was the first captain of the Indian cricket team in Test cricket, Test matches. He played first-class cricket regularly until 1958, and returned for one ...

, the first captain of Indian cricket team, was instrumental in the formation of Andhra Cricket Association and was its founder president. Nayudu was also the first captain of Andhra cricket team.

History

The roots of the organisation can be traced to the formation of the Guntur Recreation Club in 1951 which was affiliated to the Madras Cricket Association. The Andhra Cricket Association was eventually formed in 1953.

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played in Guntur and mentored the local cricketers. C. K. Nayudu, aged 58, led Andhra team in its first Ranji Trophy match against

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in the 1953–54 season. He also scored the team's first-ever fifty in that match. The ACA has produced international players namely M. S. K. Prasad and Venugopal Rao. Many players from the ACA have played for India U-19s including D Sivakumar, Gnaneswara Rao (captained India U19s), GVS Prasad, Bodapati Sumanth and more recently Ricky Bhui.

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