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{{short description|Indian cricket team}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Andhra cricket team
| image =
| captain = [[Hanuma Vihari]] (FC) <br> [[K. S. Bharat]] (List A & T20)
| coach =
| founded = 1953
| ground = [[ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium]], [[Visakhapatnam]]
| capacity = 27,500
| owner = [[Andhra Cricket Association]]
| first_fc = [[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| first_fc_year = 1953
| first_fc_venue = [[Central College Ground, Bangalore]]
| title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
| title1wins = 0
| title2 = [[Irani Trophy]]
| title2wins = 0
| title3 = [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]
| title3wins = 0
| title4 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
| title4wins = 0
| website = [https://andhracricket.org/ www.andhracricket.com]
| current =
}}

The '''Andhra cricket team''' is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the [[South India|South Indian]] state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The team's main home ground is [[ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium]] at [[Visakhapatnam]], while some home matches are also played at [[Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh|Anantapur]] and [[Kadapa]].<ref name="pundit">{{cite web|title=Andhra Pradesh cricket team|url=http://www.sportspundit.com/cricket/teams/1712-andhra-pradesh-cricket-team|publisher=Sports Pundit|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> [[C. K. Nayudu]] was the first captain of the team.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCocAAAAIAAJ&q=ck+Andhra |title=Wickets in the East: An Anecdotal History |date=1992 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-562809-8 |pages=155 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=A. Prasanna Kumar |date=October 2010 |title=International Cricket at Vizag |url=http://aprasannakumar.org/pdf%20files/Cricket_at%20Vizag.pdf |access-date=25 April 2023 |page=9, 16}}</ref>

== Overview ==
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of ACA |url=https://andhracricket.org/history-ACA.php |website=Andhra Cricket |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About ACA |url=http://www.andhracricket.com/aboutus# |website=Andhra Cricket |access-date=28 February 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[C. K. Nayudu]] was instrumental in the formation of ACA and was its founder president.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-16 |title=The land of Vizzy & C K Nayudu finally to host a test match |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/the-land-of-vizzy-c-k-nayudu-finally-to-host-a-test-match/articleshow/55444069.cms |access-date=2023-04-24 |issn=0971-8257 |quote=“It was February 1953 when Col CK Nayudu, the first captain of the Indian team, became the founder president of ACA,” local cricketologist Prof Prasanna Kumar told TOI. “He was 58-years-old when he led Andhra in their first Ranji match against Mysuru and coming to bat in the middle, smote a huge six off pacer Kasturirangan,” Prof Kumar reminisced.“Col Nayudu and his brother CS Nayudu played in Guntur and taught the boys discipline, from how to don the flannels to doing their laces; they instilled the quintessence of cricket in Andhra boys,” he added.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of ACA |url=https://andhracricket.org/history-ACA.php |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=[[Andhra Cricket Association]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

Andhra competed in the [[Ranji Trophy]] for the first time in the 1953–54 season, [[Captain (cricket)|captained]] by Nayudu, who scored the team's first fifty in that match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mysore v Andhra 1953-54 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1953-54/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/MYSORE_AP_RJI_28-30NOV1953.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref> Andhra has competed in every Ranji Trophy season since, with the exception of 1961–62, when it was absent.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Andhra |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/12/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref> It falls under the South Zone of Indian cricket.

After the 2019–20 season Andhra had played 326 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches, with 50 wins, 132 losses and 144 draws.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andhra's first-class playing record |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/Firstclass/Andhra/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref> In [[List A cricket]], Andhra had played 148 matches, with 49 wins, 97 losses and two no-results.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andhra's List A playing record |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/India/ListA/Andhra/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref>

Andhra 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, 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.<ref name="pundit" /> 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.<ref name="AndSemi">{{cite web |url=https://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/siva-charts-andhras-maiden-semifinal-foray/292878 |title=Siva charts Andhra's maiden semifinal foray |access-date=22 February 2018 |work=Wisden India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223050541/https://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/siva-charts-andhras-maiden-semifinal-foray/292878 |archive-date=23 February 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2019-20 Andhra reached the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, losing to [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]], who went on to win the trophy.<ref>{{cite web |title=4th quarter final, Ongole, Feb 20 - 24 2020, Ranji Trophy |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-2019-20-1196777/saurashtra-vs-andhra-4th-quarter-final-1203610/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref>

== Notable players ==
{{Main|List of Andhra cricketers}}
Players from Andhra Pradesh 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)

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

== Current squad ==
Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! text-align:center;"| Name
! text-align:center;"| Birth date
! text-align:center;"| Batting style
! text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="5" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" | Batsmen
|-
| [[Abhishek Reddy]] || {{Birth date and age|1994|9|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| '''[[Hanuma Vihari]]''' || {{Birth date and age|1993|10|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || '''First-class Captain'''
|-
| [[Karan Shinde]] || {{Birth date and age|1997|9|19|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
| [[Ashwin Hebbar]] || {{Birth date and age|1995|11|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|slow-medium]] ||
|-
| [[CR Gnaneshwar]] || {{Birth date and age|1997|10|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
! colspan="5" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" | All-Rounders
|-
| [[Nitish Kumar Reddy]] || {{Birth date and age|2003|5|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Plays for '''[[Sunrisers Hyderabad]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Shaik Rasheed]] || {{Birth date and age|2004|9|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[leg break]] || Plays for '''[[Chennai Super Kings]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Girinath Reddy]] || {{Birth date and age|1998|10|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
! colspan="5" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" | Wicket-keepers
|-
| [[Ricky Bhui]] || {{Birth date and age|1996|09|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
| '''[[K. S. Bharat]]''' || {{Birth date and age|1993|10|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||'''List A and Twenty20 Captain''' <br> Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
! colspan="5" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" | Spin Bowlers
|-
| [[Shoaib Md Khan]] || {{Birth date and age|1991|9|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Lalith Mohan]] || {{Birth date and age|1990|3|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
| [[Manish Golamaru]] || {{Birth date and age|1996|9|13|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
| [[Siraparapu Ashish]] || {{Birth date and age|1998|11|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
! colspan="5" style="background: #DCDCDC" align="center" | Pace Bowlers
|-
| [[KV Sasikanth]] || {{Birth date and age|1995|7|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| [[Bandaru Ayyappa]] || {{Birth date and age|1992|10|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| [[Harishankar Reddy]] || {{Birth date and age|1998|6|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| Madhav Rayudu || {{Birth date and age|1996|11|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|}

''Updated as on 31 January 2023''

==Coaching staff==
* Director Of Cricket Operations- [[Venugopal Rao (cricketer)|Venugopal Rao]]
* Head coach - [[Charles Thomson (cricketer)|Charles Thomson]]
* Assistant coach - Hemal Watekar
* Assistant coach - Venkata Appa Rao
* Fielding Coach - [[Subhadeep Ghosh]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.andhracricket.com Andhra Cricket Association] website
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/12/12.html Andhra] at CricketArchive

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Manish1234 at 04:26, 26 August 2023