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

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. The team's main home ground is ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium at

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, while some home matches are also played at

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and

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. C. K. Nayudu was the first captain of the team.

History

The roots of 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. C. K. Nayudu was instrumental in the formation of ACA and was its founder president. Andhra competed in the

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for the first time in the 1953–54 season, captained by Nayudu, 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 Irani Trophy. In the 2007/08 season Andhra, captained by M. S. K. 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 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy, 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 who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: * M. S. K. Prasad (1999) * Hanuma Vihari (2018) * K. S. Bharat (2023) * Nitish Kumar Reddy (2024) Players from Andhra who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut: * Y. Venugopal Rao (2005) * Ambati Rayudu (2013) Indian Test players from other states who have played for Andhra, along with Ranji Trophy seasons: * C. K. Nayudu ( 1953-54) * C. S. Nayudu ( 1953-54, 1955-56, 1959-60) * Vijay Manjrekar ( 1956-57) * Sairaj Bahutule ( 2010-11) * Mohammad Kaif ( 2014-15, 2015-16) * Karn Sharma ( 2018-19) Long-term cricketers from Andhra who have played

along with Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy seasons: * Danthala Venkata Meher Baba ( 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 21 April 2025''

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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