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Bhimavaram Bulls (BVB) will face the Royals of Rayalaseema (ROR) in the fifth match of the Andhra Premier League 2025 on Sunday, August 10, at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The Bulls will play their first game of the season. Royals of Rayalaseema are in sixth place after losing their first game.
Royals of Rayalaseema faced the Vijayawada Sunshiners in their first game, where the Sunshiners won the toss and elected to bowl. Pyla Avinash scored 96 runs off 39 deliveries for the Royals of Rayalaseema and was the highest scorer. Girinath Reddy remained unbeaten on 49 runs off 23 deliveries. They helped the team post a total of 196 runs for the loss of seven wickets. The Sunshiners reached the target of 197 runs in 16.5 overs with seven wickets in hand. Jagarlapudi Ram was the pick of the bowlers and took three wickets for 47 runs in 3.5 overs.
The Bulls represent the city of Bhimavaram in the tournament. Nitish Kumar Reddy has been appointed the captain of the side. Reddy last played four matches during the 2022 edition of the tournament. He made 77 runs in these four games at a strike rate of 132.07. He also took two wickets at an economy of 7.72. Nitish has played seven Tests and four T20I games for India since making his debut last year.
Match Information
Andhra Premier League, 10 Aug 2025, Sun, 6:30 PM IST, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
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81% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Bhimavaram Bulls
M Yuvan, J Datta, A Reddy, A Srivats, R Reddy (wk), K Nitish Kumar Reddy (C), B Munish Verma, C Teja, Satyanarayana Raju, P Tejaswi, MH Reddy
Bench : Thanneru Vamsi Krishna, P Rao, KV Kashyap Prakash, Bendalam Satvik, T Sravan, N Himakar, C Siva, O Krishna, M Reddy
Royals of Rayalaseema
Shaik Rasheed (C), Pyla Avinash, Dhruva Kumar Reddy (wk), MH Vardhan, V Deva Raju, P Girinath Reddy, S Ashish, D Reddy, Jagarlapudi Ram, S Sathwik, S Chandra
Bench : M Kumar, Kolla Kranthi Kiran, G Reddy, SS Chakravarthy, M Madhav Rayudu, Poda Yashwanth, Vinukonda Venu
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Pitch Report
53%
Pace Bowling
47%
Spin Bowling
59%
Batting Pitch
Average Score
41%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Shaik Rasheed ROR | BAT
Rasheed was the third-highest run-scorer last season and made 297 runs in six games at an average of 59.40 and a strike rate of 140.75.
Girinath Reddy ROR | BOWL
Girinath took seven wickets last season in seven games at an average of 25, an economy of 7.60, and a strike rate of 19.71. He remained unbeaten on 49 runs off 23 deliveries.
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Satya Sathwik
ROR | ALL
Dheeraj Reddy
ROR | ALL
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