Sources from vijayawada stated that the start of the Ranji Trophy Group A match between Andhra and Vidarbha was delayed after a snake entered. Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA cricket Ground here on monday morning. Vidarbha skipper Faiz Fazal won the toss and opted to field first against Andhra. Soon, the players made their way into the middle and just about to start, the reptile entered the playing arena and the play was halted.

 

The official twitter handle of bcci Domestic posted a 13-second video in which a snake can be seen slithering around the field with puzzled faces on players. After Soon, the groundstaff were spotted chasing the reptile away and after a brief interruption, the opening day's play got underway.

 

Playing XIs are Vidarbha: Wasim Jaffer, Faiz Fazal (c), Ganesh Satish, akshay Wakhare, Aditya Sarwate, Sanjay Raghunath, akshay Wadkar (wk), Rajneesh gurbani, Lalit M Yadav, Mohit Kale, yash Thakur.

For Andhra: CR Gnaneshwar, prasanth Kumar, Hanuma Vihari (c), Ricky Bhui, srikar Bharat (wk), karan Shinde, Bandaru ayyappa, Yarra Prithviraj, Girinath reddy, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Naren Reddy.

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