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 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.

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

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 Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Tanmay Agarwal Left-handed Right-arm leg break Abhirath Reddy Right-handed Rahul Singh Left-handed Right-arm medium Kodimela Himateja Left-handed Right-arm off break Aman Rao Perala Right-handed Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL Rahul Buddhi Left-handed Right-arm off break Tilak Varma Left-handed Right-arm off break Captain Plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL Mickil Jaiswal Right-handed Right-arm leg break All-rounders Varun Goud Right-handed Right-arm leg break Rohit Rayudu Left-handed Right-arm off break K Nitish Reddy Right-handed Right-arm off break Arfaz Ahmed Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Pragnay Reddy Right-handed Rahul Radesh Left-handed Spin Bowlers 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 Ashish Srivastav Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pace Bowlers Chama Milind Left-handed Left-arm medium Rakshann Readdi Right-handed Right-arm medium Bhuvanagiri Punnaiah Right-handed Right-arm medium Mohammed Siraj Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Vice-captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL Ajay Dev Goud Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated as on 1 February 2026

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.

Hyderabad cricket team

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