Hyderabad cricket team
The Hyderabad cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association. It is part of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group and has seen scattered success over its many years in the Ranji Trophy circuit. Over its long history in the Ranji Trophy it has won twice and come runner up three times and has made one appearance in the Irani Trophy.
Personnel | |
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Captain | Tanmay Agarwal |
Coach | J. Arunkumar |
Owner | Hyderabad Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Founded | 1934 |
Home ground | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium |
Capacity | 55,000 |
History | |
Ranji Trophy wins | 2 (1937/38,1986/87) |
Irani Trophy wins | 1 (1986/87) |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
Official website | HCA |
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Competition history
Hyderabad was the third team in the history of the Ranji Trophy to win the tournament, when it did so in the 1937/38 tournament, beating defending champions Nawanagar in a nailbiting one wicket victory. However, it wouldn't be until 1943 that it would appear in another final and this time, it was thrashed comprehensively by a strong Baroda. In 1965 it lost to the Mumbai cricket team and in doing so, failed to break the famous Mumbai winning streak in the 1960s (Mumbai won every year in the 1960s). Its next taste of success was in 1987, where it beat Delhi through first innings lead. It also appeared in the 2000 final but, once again, was unable to beat Mumbai.

This made up for one appearance in the Irani Trophy, in which it faced up against a 1987 Rest of India side. The match was drawn and Hyderabad won based on its 27-run first innings lead. This was after it was awarded 16-penalty runs for slow over rate on behalf of the Rest of India team. See Scorecard
Honours
- Ranji Trophy
- Irani Cup
- Winners: 1987–88
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 2009–10
In all first-class matches to the end of the 2013–14 season, Hyderabad had played 389 times, with 135 wins, 74 losses and 180 draws.[1]
Famous players
Players from Telangana who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
- Ghulam Ahmed (1949)
- Motganhalli Jaisimha (1959)
- Abbas Ali Baig (1959)
- Syed Abid Ali (1967)
- Kenia Jayantilal (1971)
- Pochiah Krishnamurthy (1971)
- Madireddy Venkat Narasimha Rao (1979)
- Shivlal Yadav (1979)
- Mohammad Azharuddin (1985)
- Arshad Ayub (1987)
- Venkatapathy Raju (1990)
- Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (1996)
- Pragyan Ojha (2009)
- Mohammad Siraj (2020)
Players from Telangana who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :
- Noel David (1997)
- Ambati Rayudu (2013)
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Batsmen | |||||
Tanmay Agarwal | 3 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain | |
Tilak Varma | 8 November 2002 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | |
Rahul Buddhi | 20 September 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL | |
Himalay Agarwal | 9 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Akshath Reddy | 11 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Chandan Sahani | 29 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Rohit Rayudu | 29 July 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Abhirath Reddy | 29 September 1996 | Right-handed | |||
Bavanaka Sandeep | 25 April 1992 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
All-rounders | |||||
Mickil Jaiswal | 10 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Hanuma Vihari | 13 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | ||
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Prateek Reddy | 28 November 2000 | Right-handed | |||
Kolla Sumanth | 24 April 1992 | Right-handed | |||
Pragnay Reddy | 18 December 1999 | Right-handed | |||
Spin Bowlers | |||||
Tanay Thyagarajan | 15 November 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Trishank Gupta | 24 September 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Mehdi Hasan | 3 February 1990 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Pace Bowlers | |||||
Ravi Teja | 19 October 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Chama Milind | 4 September 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |
Rakshann Readdi | 29 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
B Punnaiah | 12 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Kartikeya Kak | 4 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Mohammed Siraj | 13 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL |
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: J. Arunkumar[2]
- Assistant Coach: Narender Pal Singh
- Physio: Bheeshm Pratap Singh
- Trainer: A Naveen Reddy
- Video Analyst: Santosh BM
- Consultant: VVS Laxman, Venkatapathy Raju