The Andhra Premier League got off to a rain-affected start with the result being decided by the VJD method or the V Jayadevan System (Gokul Gurandi System).
Let’s look at the match report of the first match of APL between Godavari Titans vs Coastal Riders and second one between Rayalaseema Kings and Uttarandhra Lions.
APL Match 1: Godavari Titans vs Coastal Riders
The inaugural match of the Andhra Premier League took place between Godavari Titans and the Coastal Riders. After winning the toss, the CSR team decided to bowl first. Coming on to bat, the GOD team had a poor start with both openers going off at a score of one and six. It was Nitish Kumar Reddy who held the innings for a while with a 25 off of 32 deliveries.
Wickets however continued to fall from the other end until the captain KV Sasikanth arrived. With the help of four boundaries, he made 55 runs to get his team to 115/6.
The CSR team got off to a decent start with the captain CR Gnaneshwar making a quickfire 20 off of 15. Other batters, however, failed to make significant contributions and the team was at 32/2 in seven overs when rain arrived.
Seeing that the rain would not subside, the VJD system, a system used in place of DRS in India was introduced according to which the CSR team were two runs behind and hence the match was given to the GOD team.
Godavari Titans: 115/6
KV Sasikanth: 55(47), Nitish Kumar Reddy: 25(32)
Yeddala Reddy: 1-1-1, Nitish Kumar Reddy; 2-12-1
Coastal Riders: 32/2
CR Gnaneshwar: 20(15), Manyala Pranith: 7(18)
Cheepurapalli Stephen: 4-19-2, Madha Deepak: 4-25-2
APL 2022 Match 2: Rayalaseema Kings vs Uttarandhra Lions
The second match of the Andhra Premier League was also affected by rain with teams getting only 13 overs to play. After winning the toss, Uttarandhra Lions decided to bowl first. Coming on to bat, the Rayalaseema Kings got off to a good start with Abhishek Reddy (30 off of 16) and Thanneru Vamsi Krishna (17 off of 20) taking the team total to 50 runs before the first wicket fell.
Wickets started to crumble thereafter, with only the captain Girinath Reddy making a significant contribution (25 off of 18). The RYLS team could only manage 99/7 at the end of their 20 overs.
Chasing a target of 99, the UTL team got off to a good start with Gulfaam Saleh (30 off of 22) and C Kranthi Kumar (10 off of 7). The next batters also contributed, unlike the RYLS team. Eventually, they were able to get to the target with one over remaining.
Rayalaseema Kings: 99/7
Abhishek Reddy: 30(16), Girinath Reddy: 25(18)
Santosh Kumar: 3-11-2, Adivishnu Surya: 1-9-1
Uttarandhra Lions: 100/5
Gulfaam Saleh; 30(22), Sanaboyina Tarun: 24(26)
Abhitesh Varma: 3-18-2, Shoaib Md Khan: 3-18-2
