[4] Laxman, Arjun and Vishnuvardhan got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2004-05 Deodhar Trophy, a List-A cricket competition in India.
[6] Laxman got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2004-05 Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India.
[7] The Hyderabad team, led by Venkatapathy Raju, began their campaign in the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India, with a loss against Tamil Nadu at Chennai on 7 November 2004.
[17] In the fourth match, the Hyderabad top-order failed once again but the half-century from Rayudu and collective effort from the others helped them recover to 254 while the three-wicket haul from Inder Shekar Reddy along with the two-wicket hauls from Sankinani Vishnuvardhan and Pagadala Niranjan helped the Hyderabad win their first match of the tournament against the Goa by 78 runs despite the half-century from Mandar Phadke.
[18] In the final zonal match, Yalaka Venugopal Rao's five wicket haul helped the Andhra bowl the Hyderabad out for 144 while an unbeaten half-century from M. S. K. Prasad helped the Andhra chase the target with four-wickets to spare despite two-wicket hauls and tight bowling from Inder Shekar and Shivaji.