The Eliminator of the GMR Andhra Premier League (APL) 2025 will be played between Vijayawada Sun Shiners and Bhimavaram Bulls at ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on August 21. This will be the first game of the knockout stage in the GMR APL season four after the end of the league stage.
Vijayawada Sun Shiners finished at the third position in the points table with three wins and two losses from six matches in the league stage with one game getting washed out. On the other hand, Bhimavaram Bulls finished at the fourth spot with two wins and two losses with two matches ended in no result due to rain. As both the teams are set to lock horns in the Eliminator of GMR APL 2025, it will be a great opportunity for some star players to reach specific milestones.
72: After reaching the milestone of 1000 runs in the APL, Vijayawada Sun Shiners captain Ashwin Hebbar now needs 72 runs to complete 1100 runs in his career in the GMR Andhra Premier League.
55: Bhimavaram Bull batter Pinninti Tejaswi is 55 runs short to complete 500 runs in the APL
Squads
Vijayawada Sun Shiners: Ashwin Hebbar (c), Mamidi Vamsi Krishna (wk), Munnangi Abhinav, Garimella Teja, Dheeraj Kumar, K S Narasimha Raju, Yadla Vasu, Lalith Mohan, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Sai Venkata Sumith, VS Adithya Reddy, S Zaheer Abbas, Sangaraju Sooraj Varma, Gadde Samanvith, Kamalesh Siddharth, Harsha Sai Satvik, Gadam Eswar Rithvik, Tegada Sai Kumar, Thanneeru Bharath
Bhimavaram Bulls: Hemanth Reddy (c), Revanth Reddy (wk), Thota Sravan, Nimmala Himakar, Muvvala Yuvan, Bhupathiraju Munish Varma, Bendalam Satvik, Pinninti Tejaswi, Challarapu Siva, Satyanarayana Raju, Patnala Bhuvaneswar Rao, Allareddi Surya Teja, Harishankar Reddy, Allur Srivats, Chennupati Ravi Teja, K V Kashyap Prakash, Ommi Bhaswanth Krishna, Jajula Vishnu Datta, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Thanneru Vamsi Krishna