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Hyderabad cricket team

Indian cricket team

Field	Value
name	Hyderabad cricket team
image	Hyderabad-Cricket-Association-Logo.png
captain	Tilak Varma
coach	Vineet Saxena
founded	1931
ground	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
capacity	55,000
owner	Hyderabad Cricket Association
first_fc	Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI
first_fc_year	1931
first_fc_venue	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad
title1	Ranji Trophy
title1wins	2 (1937/38, 1986/87)
title2	Irani Cup
title2wins	1 (1986/87)
title3	Vijay Hazare Trophy
title3wins	0
title4	Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
title4wins	0
website	HCA
current	Current season

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 Plate Group and has seen scattered success over its many years in the Ranji Trophy circuit. It has won Ranji Trophy twice and been runners-up thrice and have made one appearance in the Irani Trophy.

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 would not 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.

Members of 1937–38 Ranji Trophy winning Hyderabad team

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 by the Rest of India team.

Performance

Ranji Trophy
- Winners (2): 1937–38, 1986–87
- Runners-up (3): 1942–43, 1964–65, 1999–2000
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.

Notable players

Main article: List of Hyderabad cricketers

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 (VVS Laxman) (1996)
Pragyan Ojha (2009)
Mohammad Siraj (2020)

Players from Telangana who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with the year of ODI debut :

Noel David (1997)
Ambati Rayudu (2013)
Tilak Varma (2023)

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Tanmay Agarwal	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
Kodimela Himateja	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Rohit Rayudu	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Abhirath Reddy	Right-handed
Tilak Varma	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL
Rahul Singh	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Vice-captain
Rahul Buddhi	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
K Nitish Reddy	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Mickkil Jaiswal	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
P Nitesh Reddy	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Varun Goud	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Rahul Radesh	Left-handed
Aravelly Avanish Rao	Left-handed
Prateek Reddy	Left-handed
Tanay Thyagarajan	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Gangam Anikethreddy	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Nitin Sai Yadav	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Chama Milind	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Rakshann Readdi	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Saranu Nishanth	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Ajay Dev Goud	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Mohammad Muddassir	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ravi Teja	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Mohammed Siraj	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
B Punnaiah	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 18 October 2025

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Milap Mewada
Assistant Coach: Narender Pal Singh
Physio: Santosh Kumar
Trainer: Kaneshkk Naidu
Video Analyst: Santosh BM
Consultant: VVS Laxman, Venkatapathy Raju

In popular culture

Hyderabad cricket team was featured in the Jersey, a 2019 fictional sports drama film. In which the main protagonist Arjun played by Nani, plays for this team in Ranji Trophy of 1980s, 1996–97 season.

References

"Hyderabad vs Rest of Ind Scorecard 1987/88. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo.
"Hyderabad playing record".
(22 April 2019). "Nani-starrer 'Jersey', garners praise from cricket buffs". The Hindu.

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