Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association
| Andhra Cricket Association ACA | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Cricket |
| Jurisdiction | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Affiliation | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Regional affiliation | South |
| Headquarters | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam |
| Location | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| President | DV Subba Rao |
| Chairman | Mannava Prasad |
| Secretary | GV Ramachandra Raju |
| Men's coach | R Sridhar |
| Women's coach | n/a |
| Other key staff | n/a |
| Sponsor | n/a |
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Andhra Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Andhra region of the Andhra Pradesh state of India and the Andhra cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Maharajkumar of Vizianagram was the founder President of Andhra Cricket Association and Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. He was the Indian cricket team Captain and batsman in 1930's. In 1960's he was the Indian Cricket Commentator.
He was the first person in Andhra to develop Cricket and take it to the masses, as said by Sri DV Subba Rao, Present ACA - President, Mannava Prasad is ACA's director of cricket. and Sri Gokaraju Ganga Raju - General secretary - ACA. Later Dr. PVG Raju Garu became the president of ACA and served a lot for cricket development in north Andhra.
Most recently the Andhra Under-19s won the South Zone One Day Trophy last year.
The ACA has produced very few international players namely Mannava Prasad and Venugopal Rao. Many players from the ACA have played for India U-19s including D Sivakumar, Gnaneshwar Rao (Captained India U19s), GVS Prasad, Bodapati Sumanth and more recently Ricky Bhui.