The Andhra cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the

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state of

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 team's main home ground is

Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is primarily used for international cricket matches, and also a proposed future home ground for I-League club Sr ...

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, while some home matches are also played at

Anantapur Anantapur, officially Anantapuramu, is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Anantapuru mandal and also the divisional headquarters of Anantapur revenue division. The city is loca ...

and

Kadapa Kadapa (colonial spelled Cuddapah) is a city in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Rayalaseema region, and is the district headquarters of YSR Kadapa district. As of the 2022 Census of India, the city had a popul ...

Overview

The Andhra Cricket Association was formed in 1951. Andhra competed in the

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for the first time in the 1953–54 season, captained by

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, who scored the team's first fifty in that match. Andhra has competed in every Ranji Trophy season since, with the exception of 1961–62, when it was absent. It falls under the South Zone of Indian cricket. After the 2019–20 season Andhra had played 326 first-class matches, with 50 wins, 132 losses and 144 draws. In

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, Andhra had played 148 matches, with 49 wins, 97 losses and two no-results. Andhra has never featured in a

final and has therefore never had a chance to participate in the

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. 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. In February 2018, they reached the semi-finals of the

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, the first time the team had got to that stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In 2019-20 Andhra reached the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, losing to Saurashtra, who went on to win the trophy.

Notable players

Players from Andhra Pradesh who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: * Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad (1999) *

Hanuma Vihari Gade Hanuma Vihari (born 13 October 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who has played for Indian cricket team. He currently plays for Andhra and captains them in Ranji Trophy. Vihari was a member of India that won test series in Austra ...

(2018) Players from Andhra Pradesh who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut : * Yalaka Venugopal Rao (2005)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 23 November 2022''

Coaching staff

* Director Of Cricket Operations- Venugopal Rao * Head Coach -

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* Assistant Coach - Hemal Watekar * Assistant Coach - Venkata Appa Rao * Fielding Coach - Subhadeep Ghosh

References

External links

Andhra Cricket Association
website

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