The match number 3 of GMR Andhra Premier League (APL) 2025 will be played between Tungabhadra Lions and Simhadri Vizag Lions at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on August 9. This will be the first double-header of GMR APL 2025 where Tungabhadra Lions and Simhadri Vizag Lions will lock horns in the second match of the day starting at 6:30 PM (IST).
Ricky Bhui will be seen taking charge as captain of Simhadri Vizag Lions whereas Tungabhadra Warriors will be led by Kommineni Maheep Kumar. As the two franchises are set to play their first game of GMR APL 2025, here are milestones which can be achieved in the upcoming match.
11: Simhadri Vizag Lions skipper Ricky Bhui is 11 runs away to complete 1800 runs in his T20 career.
40: Tungabhadra Lions’ right-handed batter Dara Bengimen Prasanth Kumar needs 40 runs to reach the milestone of 800 runs in T20 cricket
41: Tungabhadra Lions batter Gutta Rohit is 41 runs short to complete 300 runs in his career in the APL.
Squads
Simhadri Vizag Lions: Ricky Bhui (c), Tripurana Vijay, Bailapudi Yeswanth, Kavuri Saiteja, Reddy Abhishek M, K Haneesh Veera Reddy, Kaldhi Ajay Kumar, Y Girish Kumar Reddy, GS Swamy Naidu, E Dharani Kumar Naidu, P Roshan Pavan Kumar, D Venkata Sai Sriram, Marthala Dhanush, C Sai Sandeep Kumar, Darji Ranjeet, Myla Harsha Vardhan, Shaik Mohammed Kamil, Vattikulla Pradhneesh Sai, K Dheeraj Lakshman, Merapal Yuvaraju.
Tungabhadra Warriors: Kommineni Maheep Kumar (c), Kodi Venkata Sasikanth, Cheepurupalli Stephen, DB Prashanth Kumar, CR Gnaneshwar, Gutta Rohit, Tellaputta Varun Satwik, Macha Datta Reddy, Andimani Brahma Teja, Kancherla Anand Josiah, Chennu Siddhardh, Allapureddy Ardrit, Gaddipathi Akash, M Shree Samanyu Datta, Jarapala, Jai Chander Kesav, Chidipothu P Venkateshh, Madha Deepak, Makki Toshith Yadav, G Durga Srinivas Suresh Kumar, Kumar Saurabh