2020–21 Hyderabad C.A. season

Hyderabad C.A.
2020–21 season
Coach	Anirudh Singh
Captain	Tanmay Agarwal
Ground(s)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
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The 2020–21 season is Hyderabad cricket team's 87th competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team is senior men's domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad, India, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). They represent the state of Telangana in domestic competitions.

Squad

Departures

Ambati Rayudu left Hyderabad for the second time in his career to join Andhra despite captaining the side last season. He criticized the previous coach, Arjun Yadav for poor performance of the team during last season while citing politics in the team as the reason for his switch. He played for Hyderabad over ten seasons and also represented India in 55 One Day Internationals and 17 T20 Internationals.^[1] Left arm spinner Lalith Mohan opted for Andhra this season after he was overlooked by selectors over last few years. He last played for Hyderabad in 2015.^[2]

Players

The following players made at least one appearance for Hyderabad in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket in 2020–21 season. Age given is at the start of Hyderabad's first match of the season (10 January 2021).
Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Himalay Agarwal	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Tanmay Agarwal	(1995-05-03)3 May 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain^[3]
Rahul Buddhi	(1997-09-20)20 September 1997 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Twenty20 debut against Assam (10 January 2021)^[4]
Muthyala Charan	(1999-12-03)3 December 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—
Abhirath Reddy	(1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Tilak Varma	(2002-11-08)8 November 2002 (aged 18)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Rakesh Yadav	(1999-09-04)4 September 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
Bavanaka Sandeep	(1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ravi Teja	(1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Tanay Thyagarajan	(1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Pragnay Reddy	(1999-12-18)18 December 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—	Twenty20 debut against Odisha (12 January 2021)^[5]
Prateek Reddy	(2000-11-28)28 November 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	—
Kolla Sumanth	(1992-04-24)24 April 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Ajay Dev Goud	(2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Mickil Jaiswal	(1998-05-10)10 May 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Twenty20 debut against Odisha (12 January 2021)^[5]
Kartikeya Kak	(1996-10-04)4 October 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Twenty20 debut against Assam (10 January 2021)^[4]
Chama Milind	(1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Rakshann Readdi	(2000-09-29)29 September 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	medium-fast	Twenty20 debut against Tamil Nadu (16 January 2021)^[6]
Yudhvir Singh	(1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Hitesh Yadav	(1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Twenty20 debut against Tamil Nadu (16 January 2021)^[6]
Source: ^[3]

Competitions

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament in India, fixtures were announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 17 December 2020 and the Hyderabad was placed in the Group B with all the group fixtures to be played in a bio-secure hub in Kolkata.^[7] Anirudh Singh was appointed as an interim coach for the Hyderabad on December 21 with Zakir Hussain as an assistant coach and Shashank Nag as the fielding coach.^[8]

Points table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
Tamil Nadu (Q)	5	5	0	20	+1.88
Bengal	5	3	2	12	+0.654
Jharkhand	5	3	2	12	+0.23
Assam	5	2	3	8	-0.961
Hyderabad	5	1	4	4	–0.199
Odisha	5	1	4	4	–1.569

Top team advanced to the Knockout Stage

Matches

Group Stage

10 January	Assam 159/5 (20 overs)	v	Hyderabad 157/8 (20 overs)	Assam won by 2 runs
19:00 (D/N) Round 1 Scorecard	Assam 159/5 (20 overs)	v	Hyderabad 157/8 (20 overs)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Navdeep Singh and Ulhas Gandhe
19:00 (D/N) Round 1 Scorecard	Riyan Parag 51* (40) Kartikeya Kak 3/42 (4 overs)		Himalay Agarwal 29 (22) Pritam Das 3/30 (4 overs)
Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. Abhishek Thakuri, Amlanjyoti Das, Denish Das, Rahul Singh (Assam), Kartikeya Kak and Rahul Buddhi (Hyderabad) all made their T20 debuts.

12 January	Hyderabad 153/8 (20 overs)	v	Odisha 147/4 (20 overs)	Hyderabad won by 6 runs
12:00 Round 2 Scorecard	Hyderabad 153/8 (20 overs)	v	Odisha 147/4 (20 overs)	Jadavpur University, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
12:00 Round 2 Scorecard	Tilak Varma 44 (35) Suryakant Pradhan3/34 (4 overs)		Govinda Poddar 50 (33) Chama Milind 2/24 (4 overs)
Odisha won the toss and elected to field. Ankitkar Jaiswal (Odisha), Mickil Jaiswal and Pragnay Reddy (Hyderabad) all made their T20 debuts.

14 January	Hyderabad 157 (20 overs)	v	Bengal 161/4 (18.2 overs)	Bengal won by 6 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Round 3 Scorecard	Hyderabad 157 (20 overs)	v	Bengal 161/4 (18.2 overs)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Navdeep Singh and Ulhas Gandhe
19:00 (D/N) Round 3 Scorecard	Tilak Varma 50 (30) Ishan Porel 4/24 (4 overs)		Shreevats Goswami 69* (48) Ravi Teja 2/28 (4 overs)
Bengal won the toss and elected to field.

16 January	Hyderabad 152/7 (20 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 155/3 (19.3 overs)	Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets
12:00 Round 4 Scorecard	Hyderabad 152/7 (20 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 155/3 (19.3 overs)	Jadavpur University, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
12:00 Round 4 Scorecard	Bavanaka Sandeep 41 (36) Baba Aparajith 2/34 (4 overs)		Narayan Jagadeesan 78* (51) Ravi Teja 1/21 (4 overs)
Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat. Hitesh Yadav and Rakshann Readdi (Hyderabad) both made their T20 debuts.

18 January	Hyderabad 139/8 (20 overs)	v	Jharkhand 139/9 (20 overs)	Match tied. Jharkhand won the Super Over
12:00 Round 5 Scorecard	Hyderabad 139/8 (20 overs)	v	Jharkhand 139/9 (20 overs)	Kolkata Umpires: Bharati Vij and C. K. Nandan
12:00 Round 5 Scorecard	Bavanaka Sandeep 37 (34) Vivekanand Tiwari 3/25 (4 overs)		Utkarsh Singh 29 (26) Ajay Dev Goud 4/22 (4 overs)
Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field. Super Over: Jharkhand 23/0 (1 over), Hyderabad 14/1 (1 over)

Player statistics

Batting and Fielding

Player	Twenty20
Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	Catches	Stumpings
Batsmen
Himalay Agarwal	5	5	108	29	21.60	105.88	0	0	1	–
Tanmay Agarwal	5	5	88	34	17.60	96.70	0	0	3	–
Rahul Buddhi	5	5	91	26	22.75	131.88	0	0	0	–
Tilak Varma	5	5	116	50	23.20	127.47	0	1	1	–
All-rounders
Bavanaka Sandeep	5	5	121	41	24.20	114.15	0	0	4	–
Ravi Teja	5	5	45	24	9.00	128.57	0	0	1	–
Tanay Thyagarajan	5	5	45	21*	15.00	173.07	0	0	2	–
Wicket-keepers
Pragnay Reddy	4	4	32	30	8.00	91.42	0	0	1	1
Kolla Sumanth	1	1	17	17	17.00	130.76	0	0	1	1
Bowlers
Ajay Dev Goud	1	1	0	0*	–	–	0	0	0	–
Mickil Jaiswal	1	1	2	2*	–	200.00	0	0	0	–
Kartikeya Kak	2	1	0	0*	–	–	0	0	0	–
Chama Milind	5	4	46	24*	46.00	219.04	0	0	2	–
Rakshann Readdi	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Yudhvir Singh	3	3	17	10	5.66	154.54	0	0	0	–
Hitesh Yadav	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–
Source: CricInfo^[9]

Bowling

Player	Twenty20
Player	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	Economy	BBI	4wi
Rahul Buddhi	5	0.2	0	–	12.00	–	0
Ajay Dev Goud	1	4.0	4	5.50	5.50	4/22	1
Mickil Jaiswal	1	2.0	0	–	4.50	–	0
Kartikeya Kak	2	7.0	4	18.50	10.57	3/42	0
Chama Milind	5	18.0	3	56.66	9.44	2/24	0
Rakshann Readdi	2	6.0	1	47.00	7.83	1/15	0
Bavanaka Sandeep	5	9.3	1	58.00	6.10	1/8	0
Yudhvir Singh	3	10.0	1	82.00	8.20	1/27	0
Ravi Teja	5	19.0	7	19.85	7.31	2/26	0
Tanay Thyagarajan	5	16.0	1	92.00	5.75	1/19	0
Tilak Varma	5	3.0	0	–	9.33	–	0
Hitesh Yadav	1	3.0	0	–	7.00	–	0
Source: CricInfo^[9]

References

^ Das, Jagannath (14 December 2020). "Ambati Rayudu set to play for Andhra". Telangana Today. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Lalith Mohan to play for Andhra cricket team". Telangana Today. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "HCA does a volte face, names Zakir as chief coach". Telangana Today. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 10 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 12 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 16 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020-21: Teams divided into six groups, Ahmedabad to host knockouts". ESPNcricinfo. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Anirudh Singh to coach Hyderabad for Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney". Telangana Today. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Averages for Hyderabad (India): Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2020/21". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

External links

Hyderabad cricket team official site

[1] Das, Jagannath (14 December 2020). "Ambati Rayudu set to play for Andhra". Telangana Today. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[2] "Lalith Mohan to play for Andhra cricket team". Telangana Today. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

[SMAlisquad-3] "HCA does a volte face, names Zakir as chief coach". Telangana Today. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[T20debut1-4] "Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 10 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[T20debut2-5] "Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 12 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[T20debut3-6] "Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 16 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[7] "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020-21: Teams divided into six groups, Ahmedabad to host knockouts". ESPNcricinfo. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[8] "Anirudh Singh to coach Hyderabad for Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney". Telangana Today. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[SMATaverages-9] "Averages for Hyderabad (India): Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2020/21". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

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