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{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Hyderabad C.A.
| image           = 
| alt             = 
| season          = 2003–04
| coach           = 
| captain         = [[Venkatapathy Raju]]
| colors          = 
| ground          = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Hyderabad]]
| comp1           = [[2003-04 Ranji Trophy|Ranji Trophy]]
| comp1 result    = Semi-finals
| comp2           = [[Vijay Hazare Trophy|Ranji One–Day Trophy]]
| comp2 result    = South Zone (5th)
| comp3           = 
| comp3 result    = 
| comp4           = 
| comp4 result    = 
| comp5           = 
| comp5 result    = 
| prevseason      = [[2002–03 Hyderabad C.A. season|2002–03]]
| nextseason      = [[2004–05 Hyderabad C.A. season|2004–05]]
| most runs       = 
| most wickets    = 
| most catches    = 
| most dismissals = 
|}}

{| class="infobox"
|
{| style="background:skyblue" width=100%
!style="text-align:center"|2003–04 Indian domestic cricket season
|}
|-
|
*2003–04 [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]
*2003 [[Irani Cup]]
*[[2003–04 Ranji Trophy]]
*2003–04 [[Vijay Hazare Trophy|Ranji One-Day Trophy]]
*2003–04 [[Deodhar Trophy]]
*[[2003–04 Duleep Trophy]]
|}

The ''2003–04'' season is [[Hyderabad cricket team]]'s 70th competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team is senior men's domestic cricket team based in the city of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[India]], run by the [[Hyderabad Cricket Association]]. They represent the region of [[Telangana]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in domestic competitions.

==Competition Overview==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! class="unsortable" | Category !! Competition !! Format !! First Match !! Last Match !! Final Position !! {{Tooltip | Pld | Games Played}} !! {{Tooltip | W | Won}} !! {{Tooltip | L | Lost}} !! {{Tooltip | D / T / NR | Draw/Tie/No Result}} !! {{Tooltip | Win % | Winning Percentage }}
|-
|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Senior men's]] || [[2003–04 Ranji Trophy|Ranji Trophy]] || [[First-class cricket]] || 7 November 2003 || 14 March 2004 || '''Semi-finals''' || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 42.85%
|-
|Senior men's || [[Vijay Hazare Trophy|Ranji One–Day Trophy]] || [[List A cricket]] || 7 January 2004 || 12 January 2004 || '''Zonal Stage''' || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 20%
|}

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
! Ranji Trophy<ref name="ranjiaverages" />
! Ranji One–Day Trophy<ref name="RODIaverages" />
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Venkatapathy Raju]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) 
* [[Anirudh Singh (cricketer)|Anirudh Singh]]
* [[Gangashetty Arvind Kumar]]
* [[Faiz Ahmed (Hyderabad cricketer)|Faiz Ahmed]]
* [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Daniel Manohar]]
* [[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]]
* [[Narender Pal Singh]]
* [[Ambati Rayudu]]
* [[Inder Shekar Reddy]]
* [[Tirumalasetti Suman]]
* [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]]
* [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]]
* [[Arjun Yadav]]
* [[Shivaji Yadav]]
|
* [[Venkatapathy Raju]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) 
* [[Anirudh Singh (cricketer)|Anirudh Singh]]
* [[Faiz Ahmed (Hyderabad cricketer)|Faiz Ahmed]]
* [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Daniel Manohar]]
* [[Mohammad Ghouse Baba]]
* [[Narender Pal Singh]]
* [[Shashank Nag]]
* [[Inder Shekar Reddy]]
* [[Tirumalasetti Suman]]
* [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]]
* [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]]
* [[Arjun Yadav]]
* [[Shivaji Yadav]]
|}

;[[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]]
Laxman and Rayudu got picked to the [[India cricket team|India Seniors]] squad for the [[NKP Salve Challenger Trophy|2003-04 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy]], a [[List-A cricket]] tournament in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/IND_LOCAL/CHLNGR/CHLNGR_2003-04_IND-SQUAD.html|title=2003-04 Challenger Series / Squads / India Seniors|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>

; [[Irani Cup]]
Laxman got selected to the [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]] squad for the [[Irani Cup|2003 Irani Cup]], a [[first-class cricket]] competition in India.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/IND_LOCAL/IRANI/IRANI_2003-04_R-O-I-SQUAD.html|title=2003-04 Irani Cup / Squads / Rest of India|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>

;[[Deodhar Trophy]]
Arjun, Vishnuvardhan and Khaleel got selected to the [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]] squad for the [[Deodhar Trophy|2003-04 Deodhar Trophy]], a List-A cricket competition in India.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=5582;team=2146;type=tournament|title=2003-04 Deodhar Trophy / South Zone / Batting and Bowling Averages|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>

;[[Duleep Trophy]]
Khaleel got selected to the South Zone squad for the [[2003-04 Duleep Trophy]], a first-class cricket tournament in India.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=4760;team=2146;type=tournament|title=2003-04 Duleep Trophy / South Zone / Batting and Bowling Averages|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>

==Ranji Trophy==
{{main|2003–04 Ranji Trophy}}
The [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] team, led by [[Venkatapathy Raju]], began their campaign in the [[Ranji Trophy]], the premier [[first-class cricket]] tournament in India, with a win against the [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] at [[Sardar Patel Stadium|Ahmedabad]] on 7 November 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vaidyanathan|first=Siddhartha|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/132456.html|title=Salvi and Balaji stake a claim|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 November 2003|accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vasu|first=Anand|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/131893.html|title=Mumbai and Tamil Nadu register vital wins|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=10 November 2003|accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref> They finished inside top-2 in Group B of the Elite League to advance to the Elite semi-final with three wins, a loss and two draws.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vaidyanathan|first=Siddhartha|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/126159.html|title=Rajasthan cave in at Hyderabad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=27 December 2003|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=RPoints/> They were eliminated in the semi-final where the [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] defeated the Hyderabad by an innings and 152 runs.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/140094.html|title=Bahutule spins Hyderabad to their doom|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=16 March 2004|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/140124.html|title=Tamil Nadu on course to second successive final|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=17 March 2004|accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref>

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===Points Table===
;Elite Group B
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=RPoints>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/125327.html?view=pointstable|title=Ranji Trophy Elite Group Table - 2003–04|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''15''' 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''15'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || '''15''' 
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 6 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 0 || '''9'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 6 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 6 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''6'''
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 6 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || '''4'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.
* {{Color box|#FFCCCC|border=darkgray}} Bottom team relegated to the Plate Group for the [[2004–05 Ranji Trophy]].
* Points system : Win by an innings or 10 wickets = 5, Win = 4, Draw with first innings lead = 2, No Result = 2, Draw with first innings deficit = 0, Loss = 0.

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===Knockout stage===
{{4TeamBracket
| seed-width  = 25px
| team-width  = 125px
| score-width = 125px
| RD1         = Semifinals
| RD2         = Final

| RD1-seed1   = '''B2'''
| RD1-team1   = '''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''
| RD1-score1  = '''481 & 306'''
| RD1-seed2   = A2
| RD1-team2   = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] 
| RD1-score2  = 342 & 117/5

| RD1-seed3   = B1
| RD1-team3   = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| RD1-score3  = 166 & 158
| RD1-seed4   = '''A1'''
| RD1-team4   = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD1-score4  = '''476'''

| RD2-seed1   = B2
| RD2-team1   = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| RD2-score1  = 294 & 353/4
| RD2-seed2   = '''A1'''
| RD2-team2   = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''
| RD2-score2  = '''613'''
}}
{{col-end}}

===Matches===
;Group Stage
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 7–10 November 2003
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] 
| team2 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 245 (95.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]] 76 (220)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Lalit Patel 5/58 (23.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 129 (69.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = L Pawar 40 (167)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Narender Pal Singh]] 6/33 (20 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 185 (67 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Daniel Manohar]] 45 (109)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Siddharth Trivedi]] 4/45 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 151 (66.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Niraj Patel]] 25 (85)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Venkatapathy Raju]] 4/15 (14 overs)

| venue = [[Sardar Patel Stadium]], [[Ahmedabad]]
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[M. S. Mahal]] and [[Jasbir Singh]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431308 Scorecard]
| result = Hyderabad won by 150 runs
| motm = 
| notes = [[Tirumalasetti Suman]] (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
| bg = W
}}
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 23–26 November 2003
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] 
| score-team1-inns1 = 537/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (180.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rajagopal Satish]] 133[[not out|*]] (242)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shivaji Yadav]] 5/140 (48 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 410/9 (193 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Arjun Yadav]] 91 (228)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Arlen Konwar]] 6/141 (65 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Nehru Stadium, Guwahati|Nehru Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
| toss = Assam won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[M. R. Singh]] and [[Surya Prakash Rao]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431323 Scorecard]
| result = Match Drawn
| motm = 
| notes =
| bg = D
}}
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 1–4 December 2003
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] 
| score-team1-inns1 = 177 (63.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]] 65 (154)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Neravanda Aiyappa]] 3/51 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 100 (47.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Barrington Rowland]] 28 (92)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Narender Pal Singh]] 6/31 (19.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 309 (97.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] 72 (140)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 3/74 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 89 (32.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 20 (28)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Faiz Ahmed (Hyderabad cricketer)|Faiz Ahmed]] 6/29 (10 overs)

| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Narendra Menon]] and [[Sameer Bandekar]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431341 Scorecard]
| result = Hyderabad won by 297 runs
| motm = 
| notes =
| bg = W
}}
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 9–12 December 2003
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] 
| score-team1-inns1 = 252 (108.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] 66 (251)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Utpal Chatterjee]] 8/54 (42.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 388 (145.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Arindam Das]] 91 (286)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shivaji Yadav]] 5/124 (50 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 135 (54.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]] 25 (60)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Saurasish Lahiri]] 4/26 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Surya Prakash Rao]] and [[Tej Handu]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431349 Scorecard]
| result = Bengal won by an innings and 1 run
| motm = 
| notes = Sandip Sanyal (Bengal) made his first-class debut.
| bg = L
}}
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 17–20 December 2003
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 447 (140 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]] 93 (296)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[D. J. Gokulakrishnan]] 3/77 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 240 (101.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sridharan Sriram]] 58 (116)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]] 5/79 (27 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 = 

| score-team2-inns2 = 239/4 (109 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = Sunil Viswanathan 70[[not out|*]] (202)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]] 2/58 (23 overs)

| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[S. K. Sharma]] and [[Devendra Sharma (umpire)|Devendra Sharma]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431367 Scorecard]
| result = Match Drawn Hyderabad took first innings lead
| motm = 
| notes =
| bg = D
}}
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 25–28 December 2003
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 389 (108.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 124 (178)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sumit Mathur]] 5/124 (32.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 235 (81.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vineet Saxena]] 62 (208)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Narender Pal Singh]] 6/70 (26.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 
| runs-team1-inns2 = 
| wickets-team1-inns2 = 

| score-team2-inns2 = 145 (45 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Gagan Khoda]] 45 (100)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]] 4/51 (21 overs)

| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Vijay Chopra]] and [[Francis Gomes]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431379 Scorecard]
| motm = 
| notes =
| result = Hyderabad won by an innings and 9 runs
| bg = W
}}
;Semi-final
{{Two-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 14–17 March 2004
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 166 (59 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 95 (166)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 4/42 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 476 (153.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vinayak Mane]] 154 (326)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Venkatapathy Raju]] 6/139 (58.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 158 (49.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 53 (103)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sairaj Bahutule]] 6/53 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Krishna Hariharan]] and [[Jasbir Singh]]
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/431388 Scorecard]
| motm = 
| notes =
| result = Mumbai won by an innings and 152 runs
| bg = L
}}

===Statistics===
;Most runs
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! class="unsortable" | Player !! {{Tooltip | Mat | Matches}} !! {{Tooltip | Inns | Innings}} !! Runs !! {{Tooltip | Ave | Average}} !! {{Tooltip | SR | Strike rate}} !! {{Tooltip | HS | High score }} !! {{Tooltip | 100 | Hundreds scored}} !! {{Tooltip | 50 | Fifties scored}}
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]]
|style="text-align:left" | 7 || 11 || '''397''' || 36.09 || 36.99 || 93 || 0 || 4
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Ibrahim Khaleel]]
|style="text-align:left" | 7 || 11 || '''349''' || 34.90 || 34.52 || 89 || 0 || 4
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Ambati Rayudu]]
|style="text-align:left" | 4 || 6 || '''328''' || 54.66 || 59.09 || 124 || 1 || 2
|}
* '''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref name=ranjiaverages>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=2394;team=1815;type=tournament|title=Ranji Trophy Elite League, 2003-04 / Hyderabad (India) / Batting and Bowling Averages|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>
;Most wickets
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! class="unsortable" | Player !! {{Tooltip | Mat | Matches}} !! {{Tooltip | Inns | Innings}} !! {{Tooltip | Wkts | Wickets}} !! {{Tooltip | Ave | Average}} !! {{Tooltip | Econ | Economy}} !! {{Tooltip | BBI | Best innings bowling }} !! {{Tooltip | SR | Strike rate}} !! {{Tooltip | 5WI | Five wickets in an innings}} !! {{Tooltip | 10WM | Ten wickets in a Match}}
|- 
| style="text-align:left" | [[Narender Pal Singh]]
| style="text-align:left" | 7 || 11 || '''22''' || 23.27 || 2.54 || {{ntsh|{{#expr:1+1/20}}}}6/31 || 54.9 || 3 || 0
|- 
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]]
| style="text-align:left" | 7 || 11 || '''18''' || 27.50 || 2.70 || {{ntsh|{{#expr:1+1/20}}}}5/79 || 61.1 || 1 || 0
|- 
| style="text-align:left" | [[Shivaji Yadav]]
| style="text-align:left" | 6 || 6 || '''18''' || 30.22 || 2.61 || {{ntsh|{{#expr:1+1/20}}}}5/124 || 69.3 || 2 || 0
|}
* '''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref name=ranjiaverages />

==Ranji One–Day Trophy==
The [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] team, led by [[Venkatapathy Raju]], began their campaign in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy as part of the South Zone [[Vijay Hazare Trophy|Ranji One–Day Trophy]], a [[List-A cricket]] tournament in India, with a loss against the [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] on 7 January 2004.<ref name=RODIR1>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/game/431422|title=2003–04 Ranji One-Day Trophy South Zone, Hyderabad vs Karnataka|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=7 January 2004|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> The five-wickets shared between [[Dodda Ganesh]] and [[Sunil Joshi]] helped the Karnataka restrict the Hyderabad to 155 while the half-centuries from [[J. Arunkumar]] and Joshi completed the chase for the Karnataka with seven wickets to spare.<ref name=RODIR1/> In the second match, the half-centuries from [[Daniel Manohar]] and [[Anirudh Singh (cricketer)|Anirudh Singh]] gave a strong start to the Hyderabad but the middle-order collapse by Renjith Kumar and the run-outs in the end restricted the Hyderabad total to 237 while the [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] with the help of the half-centuries from Anish Antony and Hemanth Kumar completed the chase in the penultimate ball with three wickets to spare.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/game/431432|title=2003–04 Ranji One-Day Trophy South Zone, Hyderabad vs Kerala|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 January 2004|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> The half-centuries from [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]] and [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]] helped the Hyderabad post 268 while the three-wicket hauls from [[Inder Shekar Reddy]] and [[Tirumalasetti Suman]] helped them win against the [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] by 101 runs in their third match.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/game/431442|title=2003–04 Ranji One-Day Trophy South Zone, Hyderabad vs Goa|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=10 January 2004|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> In the fourth match, the half-century from [[Subramaniam Badrinath]] along with the support from [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] and [[Jayaraman Madanagopal]] helped the [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] post 249.<ref name="RODIR4"/> The Hyderabad started the chase strongly with the half-centuries from [[Shashank Nag]] and [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] along with the support from Manohar but five run-outs at the end resulted in the Hyderabad fall short by 2 runs as they were bowled out for 247.<ref name="RODIR4">{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/game/431449|title=2003–04 Ranji One-Day Trophy South Zone, Tamil Nadu vs Hyderabad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=11 January 2004|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> In the final zonal match, the five-wicket haul from [[Mohammad Ghouse Baba]] helped the Hyderabad restrict the [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]] to 230 despite the century from [[Yalaka Venugopal Rao]].<ref name="RODIR5">{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/game/431450|title=2003–04 Ranji One-Day Trophy South Zone, Andhra vs Hyderabad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=12 January 2004|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> In reply, the Hyderabad had a big opening partnership from Manohar and Suman but the middle order collapse and tight bowling by the Andhra left the Hyderabad fall short by 8 runs. This loss resulted the Hyderabad finish fourth in South Zone and fail to qualify for the Ranji ODI Championship with a win and four losses.<ref name="RODIR5"/><ref name=VHPoints/>

===Points Table===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=VHPoints>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/IND_LOCAL/ROD/SOUTH/ROD-S_2003-04_TABLE.html|title=Ranji One-Day Trophy Table - 2003–04|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tie}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''17'''
|-
| [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''17'''
|-
| [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''13'''
|-
| [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]] || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''7'''
|-
| [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''4'''
|-
| [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''2'''
|}
{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top team advanced to the Ranji ODI Championship.
}}

===Matches===
;Zonal Stage
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 7 January 2004
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| score1 = 155 (45.5 overs)
| score2 = 158/3 (36.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] 33 (55)
| wickets1 = [[Dodda Ganesh]] 3/13 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sunil Joshi]] 57[[not out|*]] (46)
| wickets2 = [[Venkatapathy Raju]] 2/26 (6.2 overs)
| result = Karnataka won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/scorecard/431422 Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = Sarabjit Singh and Vishwas Nerurkar
| motm = 
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = BM Vinayak Uthappa (Karnataka) made his List-A debut.
* ''Points : Karnataka 5; Hyderabad -1''
| bg = L
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 8 January 2004
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| score1 = 237/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 238/7 (49.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Daniel Manohar]] 87 (105)
| wickets1 = K Rejith Kumar 4/54 (9 overs)
| runs2 = Anish Antony 61 (117)
| wickets2 = [[Inder Shekar Reddy]] 3/51 (9.5 overs)
| result = Kerala won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/scorecard/431432 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College|Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College Ground]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = [[Anil Chaudhary]] and [[R. P. Singh (cricketer, born 1965)|R. P. Singh]]
| motm = 
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points : Kerala 4; Hyderabad 0
| bg = L
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 10 January 2004
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| score1 = 268/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 167 (47 overs)
| runs1 = [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]] 68[[not out|*]] (75)
| wickets1 = [[Amit Dani]] 3/55 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Swapnil Asnodkar]] 47 (86)
| wickets2 = [[Inder Shekar Reddy]] 3/30 (10 overs)
| result = Hyderabad won by 101 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/scorecard/431442 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Guru Nanak College Ground]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = Darabshah Doodhwala and [[Anil Chaudhary]]
| motm = 
| toss = Goa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = A Patnekar and [[Saurabh Bandekar]] (Goa) made their List-A debuts.
* ''Points : Hyderabad 5; Goa -1''
| bg = W
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 11 January 2004
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score1 = 249/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 247 (49.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Subramaniam Badrinath]] 57 (66)
| wickets1 = [[Sankinani Vishnuvardhan]] 3/45 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ibrahim Khaleel]] 78 (80)
| wickets2 = [[Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan]] 2/36 (8 overs)
| result = Tamil Nadu won by 2 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/scorecard/431449 Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| umpires = Suhas Phadkar and Marcus Couto
| motm = 
| toss = Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = [[Shashank Nag]] (Hyderabad) made his List-A debut.  
* ''Points : Tamil Nadu 4; Hyderabad 0''
| bg = L
}}
{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible
| date = 12 January 2004
| time = 
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score1 = 230/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 222 (48.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Yalaka Venugopal Rao]] 110[[not out|*]] (130)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Ghouse Baba]] 5/48 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Daniel Manohar]] 58 (67)
| wickets2 = Hemal Watekar 2/28 (10 overs)
| result = Andhra won by 8 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8844/scorecard/431450 Scorecard]
| venue = Central Polytechnic India Pistons Ground, [[Chennai]]
| umpires = Suhas Phadkar and Marcus Couto
| motm = 
| toss = Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = T Nagendra Kumar (Andhra) made his List-A debut.
* ''Points : Andhra 4; Hyderabad 0''
| bg = L
}}

===Statistics===
;Most runs
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! class="unsortable" | Player !! {{Tooltip | Mat | Matches}} !! {{Tooltip | Inns | Innings}} !! Runs !! {{Tooltip | Ave | Average}} !! {{Tooltip | SR | Strike rate}} !! {{Tooltip | HS | High score }} !! {{Tooltip | 100 | Hundreds scored}} !! {{Tooltip | 50 | Fifties scored}}
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Daniel Manohar]] 
|style="text-align:left" | 5 || 5 || '''256''' || 51.20 || 75.96 || 87 || 0 || 3
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Ibrahim Khaleel]]
|style="text-align:left" | 5 || 5 || '''131''' || 43.66 || 83.43 || 78 || 0 || 1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Devishetty Vinay Kumar]]
|style="text-align:left" | 5 || 5 || '''120''' || 30.00 || 67.03 || 68[[not out|*]] || 0 || 1
|}
* '''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref name=RODIaverages>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=5567;team=1815;type=tournament|title=Ranji One-Day Trophy, 2003–04 / Hyderabad (India) / Batting and Bowling Averages|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>
;Most wickets
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! class="unsortable" | Player !! {{Tooltip | Mat | Matches}} !! {{Tooltip | Inns | Innings}} !! {{Tooltip | Wkts | Wickets}} !! {{Tooltip | Ave | Average}} !! {{Tooltip | Econ | Economy}} !! {{Tooltip | BBI | Best innings bowling }} !! {{Tooltip | SR | Strike rate}} !! {{Tooltip | 4WI | Four wickets in an innings}} !! {{Tooltip | 5WI | Five wickets in an innings}}
|- 
| style="text-align:left" | [[Inder Shekar Reddy]]
| style="text-align:left" | 5 || 5 || '''8''' || 26.12 || 4.27 || {{ntsh|{{#expr:1+1/20}}}}3/30 || 36.6 || 0 || 0
|- 
| style="text-align:left" | [[Mohammad Ghouse Baba]]
| style="text-align:left" | 4 || 4 || '''6''' || 23.83 || 4.93 || {{ntsh|{{#expr:1+1/20}}}}5/48 || 29.0 || 0 || 1
|- 
| style="text-align:left" | [[Tirumalasetti Suman]]
| style="text-align:left" | 5 || 5 || '''5''' || 22.00 || 3.92 || {{ntsh|{{#expr:1+1/20}}}}3/31 || 33.6 || 0 || 0
|}
* '''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref name=RODIaverages />

==See also==
* [[Hyderabad cricket team]]
* [[Hyderabad Cricket Association]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hycricket.org Hyderabad cricket team official site]

{{Hyderabad C.A. seasons}}

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