# 2016–17 Hyderabad C.A. season

The 2016–17 season is Hyderabad cricket team's 83rd competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team and Hyderabad women's cricket team are senior men's and women's domestic cricket teams based in the city of Hyderabad, India, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association. They represent the state of Telangana in domestic competitions.

## Competition Overview

| Category | Competition | Format | First Match | Last Match | Final Position | Pld | W | L | D / T / NR | Win % |
| Senior women's | One-Day League | Women's List A cricket | 1 October 2016 | 10 October 2016 | Elite Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25% |
| Senior men's | Ranji Trophy | First-class cricket | 6 October 2016 | 23 December 2016 | Quarter-finals, Promoted to Group A / B | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40% |
| Senior women's | T20 League | Women's Twenty20 cricket | 2 January 2017 | 13 January 2017 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% |
| Senior men's | Inter State Twenty-20 | Twenty20 cricket | 29 January 2017 | 3 February 2017 | Zonal Stage | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60% |
| Senior men's | Vijay Hazare Trophy | List A cricket | 25 February 2017 | 6 March 2017 | Group Stage | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% |

## Senior Men's team
### Squads

* Head coach: Bharat Arun
* Assistant coach : Zakir Hussain
* Fielding Coach : C Dayanand
* Physio : Prasanth Panchada
* Trainer : Naveen Reddy
* Video analyst : Vinay Elkaturi
| Buchi Babu Tournament | Ranji Trophy | Inter State T-20 Tournament | Vijay Hazare Trophy |
| Ashish Reddy (c) Akshath Reddy Tanmay Agarwal Balchander Anirudh Bavanaka Sandeep Kolla Sumanth (wk) Mehdi Hasan Vishal Sharma Akash Bhandari Chama Milind Ravi Kiran Mohammed Siraj Danny Dereck Prince Benjamin Thomas Yathin Reddy Habeeb Ahmed (wk) | S Badrinath (c) Habeeb Ahmed Vishal Sharma Himalay Agarwal Tanmay Agarwal Balchander Anirudh Akash Bhandari Mehdi Hasan Chama Milind Mohammad Muddassir Mohammed Siraj Ravi Kiran Akshath Reddy Bavanaka Sandeep Kolla Sumanth (wk) Benjamin Thomas | S Badrinath (c) Himalay Agarwal Tanmay Agarwal Annabathula Akash Balchander Anirudh Akash Bhandari Mehdi Hasan Chama Milind Mohammed Siraj Sharadh Mudiraj (wk) Ravi Kiran Ravi Teja Akshath Reddy Palakodeti Sairam Bavanaka Sandeep Kolla Sumanth (wk) | S Badrinath (c) Himalay Agarwal Tanmay Agarwal Balchander Anirudh Akash Bhandari Mehdi Hasan Chama Milind Mohammad Muddassir Mohammed Siraj Sharadh Mudiraj (wk) Ravi Kiran Akshath Reddy Rohit Rayudu Bavanaka Sandeep Kolla Sumanth (wk) Tanay Thyagarajan |
S Badrinath moved from the Tamil Nadu to lead the Hyderabad while Hanuma Vihari and Dwaraka Ravi Teja moved from the Hyderabad to the Andhra ahead of the 2016–17 season. The Hyderabad team also got the new coach with Bharat Arun replacing Abdul Azeem.

#### Irani Cup

Mohammad Siraj got selected for Rest of India squad for 2016-17 Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India.

#### Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Tanmay Agarwal and Chama Milind got selected for South Zone squad for 2016-17 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a domestic Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament in India.

#### Deodhar Trophy

Chama Milind got selected for India B squad for 2016-17 Deodhar Trophy, a List A cricket competition in India.

#### Indian Premier League

Chama Milind was retained by Delhi Daredevils while local franchise, SunRisers Hyderabad picked Tanmay Agarwal and Mohammad Siraj in the IPL Auction for 2017 Indian Premier League season.

### Buchi Babu Tournament

Hyderabad was invited for 2016–17 Kalpathi AGS - Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament, invitational tournament conducted annually by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association in the honour of M. Buchi Babu Naidu and began their campaign against Baroda at Chennai on 5 August 2016. They finished inside top-2 with two wins and a loss in Group B to advance to knockout stage but lost to TNCA Presidents XI in semifinal by 24 runs.

#### Points Table
##### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| TNCA Districts XI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.051 |
| Hyderabad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.016 |
| Railways | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.212 |
| TNCA XI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.333 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.

#### Statistics
##### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Akshath Reddy | 4 | 4 | 242 | 60.50 | 77.32 | 123 | 1 | 1 |
| Kolla Sumanth | 4 | 4 | 228 | 57.00 | 61.46 | 109 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashish Reddy | 4 | 4 | 126 | 31.50 | 70 | 65 | 0 | 1 |
* Source:

##### Most wickets

| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| Akash Bhandari | 4 | 4 | 9 | 33.89 | 4.07 | 5/52 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| Mehdi Hasan | 4 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 3.16 | 3/72 | 70.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Siraj | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 2.57 | 3/49 | 46.67 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Ranji Trophy

Hyderabad began their campaign in Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India, against Goa at Nagpur on 6 October 2016. They finished inside top-2 of Group C with four wins, three draws and a loss to advance to knockout stage and get promoted to Group A/B for 2017-18 Ranji Trophy. They were eliminated in Quarter-finals where Mumbai defeated Hyderabad by 30 runs.

#### Statistics
##### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Bavanaka Sandeep | 9 | 15 | 612 | 47.07 | 41.63 | 203* | 2 | 2 |
| Balchander Anirudh | 8 | 14 | 549 | 49.90 | 47.90 | 120* | 1 | 3 |
| S Badrinath | 9 | 16 | 467 | 33.35 | 46.10 | 134 | 1 | 2 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

##### Most wickets

| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 5WI | 10WM |
| Mohammad Siraj | 9 | 17 | 41 | 18.92 | 2.86 | 5/52 | 39.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chama Milind | 9 | 17 | 35 | 22.17 | 2.85 | 5/28 | 46.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ravi Kiran | 9 | 17 | 34 | 20.67 | 2.55 | 4/32 | 48.5 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament

Hyderabad began their campaign in the tournament against Goa at Velachery on 29 January 2017. This tournament performances were used to select the zonal teams for 2016-17 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. They finished in third in South Zone with three wins and two losses.

#### Points Table
##### South Zone

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Karnataka | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.363 |
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.314 |
| Hyderabad | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.030 |
| Kerala | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.825 |
| Andhra | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.725 |
| Goa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.312 |
* Winner of South Zone.

#### Statistics
##### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Tanmay Agarwal | 5 | 5 | 250 | 50.00 | 162.33 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
| S Badrinath | 5 | 5 | 168 | 42.00 | 131.25 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Akshath Reddy | 5 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 137.50 | 55 | 0 | 1 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

##### Most wickets

| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| Mohammed Siraj | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13.88 | 6.57 | 4/24 | 12.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Chama Milind | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13.62 | 6.22 | 4/18 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mehdi Hasan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15.66 | 5.87 | 3/16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Vijay Hazare Trophy

Hyderabad began their campaign in Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India, against Jammu & Kashmir at Kolkata on 25 February 2017. They finished in third in Group D with four wins and two losses.

#### Points Table
##### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Karnataka | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | +1.439 |
| Jharkhand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.609 |
| Hyderabad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -0.134 |
| Services | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.536 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.724 |
| Saurashtra | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.690 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.840 |
* Top two teams advanced to knockout stage.

#### Statistics
##### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Akshath Reddy | 6 | 6 | 257 | 42.83 | 86.82 | 154 | 1 | 1 |
| Kolla Sumanth | 6 | 6 | 176 | 35.20 | 71.54 | 91* | 0 | 1 |
| Tanmay Agarwal | 6 | 6 | 136 | 22.66 | 69.38 | 68 | 0 | 1 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

##### Most wickets

| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| Chama Milind | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14.76 | 4.08 | 4/30 | 21.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Kiran | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18.16 | 4.55 | 3/49 | 23.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehdi Hasan | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15.81 | 4.46 | 3/40 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Senior Women's team
### Squads

* Head coach: Purnima Rao
* Assistant coach: Nooshin Al Khadeer
* Assistant coach: Savita Nirala
* Physio : Harsha Ganwal
* Trainer : M Shalini
* Video analyst : Aarti Nalge
| One-Day League | T20 League |
| Gouher Sultana (c) Sravanthi Naidu Samantha Lobatto (wk) Arundhati Reddy Pranathi Reddy Ananya Upendran D Ramya Rachna S Kumar Bhogi Shravani Himani Yadav Ragashree Deshmukh K Anitha G Praneesha Sunitha Anand (wk) M Soujanya Nath | Sravanthi Naidu (c) Arundhati Reddy Gouher Sultana Nishath Fatima (wk) Sunitha Anand (wk) Ananya Upendran D Ramya Himani Yadav Pranathi Reddy Rachna S Kumar Bhogi Shravani K Priyanka E Chitra Maheshwari K Anitha P Monika G Praneesha |

#### Senior women's cricket inter zonal three day game

Arundhati Reddy, D Ramya, Himani Yadav, Ananya Upendran, Gouher Sultana and Sravanthi Naidu got selected for South Zone squad for 2016-17 Senior women's cricket inter zonal three day game, a Women's First-class cricket tournament in India.

### One-Day League

Hyderabad began their campaign in Senior women's one day league, Women's List A cricket tournament in India, against Maharashtra at Raipur on 1 October 2016. They finished in fourth in Elite Group A with a win and two losses while the match against Goa was abandoned.

#### Points Table
##### Elite Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Maharashtra | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.645 |
| Delhi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.307 |
| Baroda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.460 |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | +0.181 |
| Goa | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1.825 |
Top two teams advanced to Super League.
 Bottom team relegated to 2017-18 Plate Group.

#### Statistics
##### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Arundhati Reddy | 4 | 4 | 123 | 41.00 | 43.61 | 55* | 0 | 1 |
| Sravanthi Naidu | 4 | 4 | 118 | 59.00 | 59.29 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Himani Yadav | 4 | 4 | 103 | 25.75 | 62.42 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
* Source: BCCI

##### Most wickets

| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| Gouher Sultana | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9.71 | 2.35 | 4/21 | 24.71 | 1 | 0 |
| Ananya Upendran | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18.00 | 2.07 | 2/17 | 52.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sravanthi Naidu | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27.00 | 2.71 | 2/24 | 59.66 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: BCCI

### T20 League

Hyderabad began their campaign in Senior Women's T20 League, a Women's Twenty20 cricket tournament in India, against Madhya Pradesh at Jamshedpur on 2 January 2017. They finished inside top-2 in Elite Group-B with three wins and a loss to advance to Super League. They finished as Runners-up of the tournament after finishing second in Super League with a win and two losses.

#### Points Table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.192 |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.532 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.031 |
| Goa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.113 |
| Odisha | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.844 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Railways | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +2.183 |
| Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.282 |
| Bengal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.625 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1.083 |

#### Statistics
##### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Sravanthi Naidu | 6 | 5 | 146 | 36.50 | 85.38 | 73* | 0 | 1 |
| D Ramya | 7 | 7 | 144 | 20.57 | 91.13 | 68 | 0 | 1 |
| Arundhati Reddy | 7 | 7 | 99 | 16.50 | 81.81 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: BCCI

##### Most wickets

| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| Gouher Sultana | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13.50 | 4.82 | 4/25 | 16.80 | 1 | 0 |
| Rachna S Kumar | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15.40 | 4.52 | 2/6 | 20.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Sravanthi Naidu | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20.80 | 5.77 | 2/11 | 21.60 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: BCCI