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Hyderabad India - Sports and stadiums

Sports besides cricket are popular in Hyderabad. In the inaugural Premiere Hockey League in 2005, Hyderabad Sultans won the championships. Hyderabad recently got a new cricket stadium, Visakha International Cricket Stadium, which was later renamed to Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

• Sporting Icons of Hyderabad
  • V. V. S. Laxman - Current Indian Cricket player.
  • Mohammad Azharuddin - Former Indian Cricket team captain.
  • Pullela Gopichand - Badminton player (Winner of The All England Badminton Championship - 2001)
  • Pendyala Harikrishna - India's Youngest Chess Grandmaster.
  • Sania Mirza - Tennis player who is the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title.

Hyderabad India - List of stadiums in Hyderabad

Most of these stadiums were built to host the Afro-Asian Games 2003 at Hyderabad.

• G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
  • This stadium has a capacity of 30,000 spectators. It is an ultra modern stadium with 8 line competition synthetic athletic track and 4-lane synthetic practice track. It uses the latest high-mast lighting for day-night events and provides obstruction-free viewing for all spectators and is a very picturesque stadium amidst breath-taking landscape.

• Indoor Stadium A/C
  • This stadium has a capacity of 4000 spectators, is fully air-conditioned, and a multi purpose stadium. It has wooden flooring which is approved by International Federation and is up to DIN standards.

• The Lal Bahadur Stadium
  • This stadium has a capacity of 25,000 spectators and is equipped with floodlights around the field and provision of internal lights for the spectators. With dimensions 105 m x 70 m field and a 1 inch grass turf.

• Aquatics Complex
  • This stadium has a capacity of 2000 spectators, is an aquatic complex for swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized events. It is a temperature controlled pool through modern heating systems and fibre-reinforced polymer filters.

• Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium
  • This multi purpose stadium has a capacity of 2000 spectators and adopts a world class wooden flooring with temperature control.

• SAAP Tennis Complex, Fateh Maidan
  • This central court has a capacity of 4000 spectators and has a 7 top class synthetic surfaces.

• Shooting Range, Hyderabad Central University
  • This is an out door shooting range with a capacity of 600 spectators and facilities for 120 competitors at a time, with facilities for 15 different games at a time using latest electronic equipment targets.

• Swarnandhra Pradesh Sports Complex, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
  • This sports complex uses a synthetic turf with sophisticated sprinkler system for watering and drainage and has galleries with RC flat slabs and unique suspended steel roof structure. Pavilion housing the Federation Office and amenities including lounges for players, guests and media.

• Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (formerly known as Visaka International Stadium)
  • This is an exclusive cricket stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad.It has a capacity of 55,000 spectators and is built over 16 acre space.It provides one of the best facilities for the cricketers and best rest rooms in the world.The first match held in this stadium was between South Africa and India

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