Ranji Trophy: Snake enters field to delay start of Vidarbha-Andhra match, watch video

Ranji Trophy 2019 got underway on Monday with teams geared up to play against each or. Andhra are taking on defending champions Vidarbha in ir first game of season. Faiz Fazal, who is leing Vidarbha, won toss and opted to field first against Andhra at Dr Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground in Vijayawa.

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Vidarbha vs Andhra: Snake enters field and delays play

However, in a bizarre incident, start of game between two teams was delayed after a snake entered ground. After players h me ir way into middle and moments before play was about to begin, reptile entered playing arena and play h to be delayed. 'BCCI Domestic', which is official Twitter account of domestic cricket in India, posted video of snake that was seen sliring across field as ground staff tried to chase reptile away. account tweeted "SNAKE STOPS PLAY! re was a visitor on field to delay start of match."

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BCCI's Tweet

players waited for serpent to leave field and n Day 1 action got underway. Andhra face a mammoth task in ir opening match as y take defending champions Vidarbha.  team from western part of country have clinched  prestigious title in last two seasons and will aim to make it three in a row. Andhra's team is led by India's Test specialist Hanuma Vihari.

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Andhra squ: G. Hanuma Vihari (Captain), K. S. Bharat (Wicket-keeper), Ricky Bhui, D. B. Prashanth Kumar, C. R. Gyaneshwar, Jyothi Sai Krishna, K. Karan Shinde, B. Sumanth, P. Girinath Reddy, B. Ayyappa, K. V. Sashikanth, Ch. Stephen, P. Vijay Kumar, Y. Pruthvi Raj, G. Manish and D. Naren Reddy. 

Vidarbha: Faiz Fazal (Captain), Akshay Wkar (Wicket-keeper), Ganesh Satish, Wasim Jaffer, itya Sarvate, Mohit Kale, Jitesh Sharma, Akshay Kolhar, R. Sanjay, Rajneesh Gurubani, Yash Thakur, Suniket Bingear and Akshay Karnewar. 

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