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Andhra 1978/79 cricket statistics and records

Andhra in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

JK Ghiya leads the displayed batting table with 178 runs. K Chandrasekhar Rao leads the bowling table with 13 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 4
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 0
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1978-11-18 to 1978-12-23. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Ranji Trophy standings · 1978-79

League table for 1978/79. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Central Zone

Ranji Trophy 1978-79 Central Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Uttar Pradesh	4	2	0	2	27
2	Madhya Pradesh	4	1	0	3	21
3	Rajasthan	4	1	0	3	16
4	Vidarbha	4	0	1	3	8
5	Railways	4	0	3	1	5

East Zone

Ranji Trophy 1978-79 East Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Bengal	3	3	0	0	24
2	Bihar	3	2	1	0	16
3	Orissa	3	0	2	1	2
4	Assam	3	0	2	1	2

North Zone

Ranji Trophy 1978-79 North Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Delhi	4	3	0	1	31
2	Haryana	4	3	1	0	25
3	Punjab	4	1	1	2	17
4	Services	4	0	2	2	8
5	Jammu & Kashmir	4	0	3	1	3

South Zone

Ranji Trophy 1978-79 South Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Tamil Nadu	4	2	0	2	25
2	Karnataka	4	2	0	2	25
3	Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	24
4	Kerala	4	1	3	0	8
5	Andhra	4	0	4	0	0

West Zone

Ranji Trophy 1978-79 West Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Mumbai	4	2	0	2	27
2	Baroda	4	1	0	3	19
3	Gujarat	4	1	1	2	18
4	Maharashtra	4	1	1	2	14
5	Saurashtra	4	0	3	1	3

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Ranji Trophy 1978/79

Figures earned for Andhra only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Andhra Ranji Trophy 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
JK Ghiya	2	178
K Chandrasekhar Rao	4	170
MN Ravikumar	4	164
V Chamundeswaranath	4	154
KSB Ramamurthy	3	128

Recorded innings through 1978-12-23. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Andhra Ranji Trophy 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
K Chandrasekhar Rao	4	13
DGCA Verma	4	7
MN Ravikumar	4	5
KSB Ramamurthy	2	3
MD Kumar	2	2

Recorded innings through 1978-12-23. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

All recorded players for Andhra in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 17 players

Andhra 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
JK Ghiya	Andhra	2	4	0	178	137	44.50	—	0	1	19	1
K Chandrasekhar Rao	Andhra	4	8	1	170	55	24.29	—	1	0	3	2
MN Ravikumar	Andhra	4	8	0	164	77	20.50	—	1	0	0	0
V Chamundeswaranath	Andhra	4	8	2	154	35*	25.67	—	0	0	0	0
KSB Ramamurthy	Andhra	3	6	0	128	65	21.33	—	1	0	0	0
KS Nagesh	Andhra	4	8	0	107	31	13.38	—	0	0	0	0
GJJ Raju	Andhra	4	8	0	90	38	11.25	—	0	0	0	0
GVS Raju	Andhra	3	6	0	74	34	12.33	—	0	0	0	0
C Shankar	Andhra	1	2	0	24	13	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
KN Charan	Andhra	2	4	0	20	11	5.00	—	0	0	0	0
H Ramprasad	Andhra	2	4	0	19	19	4.75	—	0	0	0	0
T Sreedhar	Andhra	1	2	0	19	19	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
DGCA Verma	Andhra	4	7	4	19	8*	6.33	—	0	0	0	0
BJJ Raju	Andhra	1	2	1	15	15*	15.00	—	0	0	0	0
MD Kumar	Andhra	2	4	0	14	7	3.50	—	0	0	0	0
K Ramakrishna	Andhra	2	4	0	10	7	2.50	—	0	0	0	0
N Chandrasekhar	Andhra	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 14 players

Andhra 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
K Chandrasekhar Rao	Andhra	4	5	852	29	340	13	26.15	65.54	2.39	1	5/55
DGCA Verma	Andhra	4	6	330	8	222	7	31.71	47.14	4.04	0	2/19
MN Ravikumar	Andhra	4	5	292	7	200	5	40.00	58.40	4.11	0	3/32
KSB Ramamurthy	Andhra	2	4	159	4	95	3	31.67	53.00	3.58	0	2/16
MD Kumar	Andhra	2	3	144	4	80	2	40.00	72.00	3.33	0	2/42
V Chamundeswaranath	Andhra	1	1	18	1	5	1	5.00	18.00	1.67	0	1/5
JK Ghiya	Andhra	2	2	168	3	121	1	121.00	168.00	4.32	0	1/76
N Chandrasekhar	Andhra	1	1	66	0	60	1	60.00	66.00	5.45	0	1/60
GVS Raju	Andhra	3	3	84	0	58	1	58.00	84.00	4.14	0	1/40
BJJ Raju	Andhra	1	1	12	0	3	0	—	—	1.50	0	0/3
GJJ Raju	Andhra	1	2	24	0	10	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/5
K Ramakrishna	Andhra	2	2	59	1	42	0	—	—	4.27	0	0/8
H Ramprasad	Andhra	2	2	120	0	107	0	—	—	5.35	0	0/38
C Shankar	Andhra	1	1	18	1	9	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/9

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Andhra 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Andhra	4	0	4	0	0	1,306	80	16.33	328	1,411	35	40.31

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1978/79

Latest 4 of 4 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1978-12-23 to 1978-12-25 · Pithupuram Raja Government College Ground, Kakinada

Andhra: 144 & 140
Hyderabad: 258 & 28/0

Hyderabad won by 10 wickets

1978-12-09 to 1978-12-11 · Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium, Vijayawada

Andhra: 161 & 237
Kerala: 273 & 129/3

Kerala won by 7 wickets

1978-11-25 to 1978-11-27 · Forest College Ground, Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu: 272/5d
Andhra: 29 & 148

Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 95 runs

1978-11-18 to 1978-11-20 · Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Ground, Udipi

Karnataka: 420/5d & 31/2
Andhra: 119 & 328

Karnataka won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Andhra 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Forest College Ground, Coimbatore	1
Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium, Vijayawada	1
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Ground, Udipi	1
Pithupuram Raja Government College Ground, Kakinada	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Ranji Trophy 1978/79 for Andhra, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1978/79 batting innings records for Andhra
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
JK Ghiya	137	Karnataka	1978-11-18
MN Ravikumar	77	Kerala	1978-12-09
KSB Ramamurthy	65	Kerala	1978-12-09
K Chandrasekhar Rao	55	Hyderabad	1978-12-23
GJJ Raju	38	Kerala	1978-12-09

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1978/79 bowling innings records for Andhra
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
K Chandrasekhar Rao	5/55	Kerala	1978-12-09
MN Ravikumar	3/32	Hyderabad	1978-12-23
K Chandrasekhar Rao	3/76	Hyderabad	1978-12-23
KSB Ramamurthy	2/16	Kerala	1978-12-09
DGCA Verma	2/19	Tamil Nadu	1978-11-25

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Competitions and other teams

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Ranji Trophy · 1953-11-28 to 2026-02-06

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Andhra in Ranji Trophy. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1953-11-28 to 2026-02-06. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.