Welcome Hyderabad's Good Sports!
Whether you're looking to turn your arm over at cricket, tennis, badminton or just looking to keep fit Hyderabad has range of facilities, academies, gyms and competitive leagues to choose from.
Cricket is undoubtedly India's Number one sport and you can find out more about Indian Cricket at
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Hyderabad has recently gained a new cricket stadium, Visakha International Cricket Stadium, which was later renamed to the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.
In additon to cricket, there are many other popular sports pursued by the sportsmen and women of Hyderabad such as Tennis, Hockey, Badminton and Snooker . Hockey is India's national sport and the national team has won a eight Olympic Gold medals and the World Cup once. In the inaugural Premier Hockey League (PHL) in 2005, the Hyderabad Sultans won the championships.
National Games
The selection of the city as a host of the National Games in 2002 resulted in a major investment to build some of the best world-class stadiums in the country. Later these stadiums played host to the Afro-Asian Games held 2003. Today the list of stadiums of international standard found in Hyderabad is large and diverse.
The oldest existing stadium built in the city is the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium. Formerly known as Fateh Maidan, it was, until recently, the city's only stadium that could conduct International cricket matches. The first cricket match was played here was on November 19, 1955. With the construction of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Uppal, it is unlikely that any more cricket matches will be held here again in the future.
The city also houses the Swarnandhra Pradesh Sports Complex and the G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium.
Hyderabadi Sportsmen & Women
Syed Mohammad Hadi
- Olympic tennis player. (1899-1971) was one of the most gifted pioneering athletes of India. He not only represented India in cricket and tennis, but was also proficient in field hockey, soccer, table tennis, chess, and polo. He was nicknamed "Rainbow Hadi" because of his expertise in these seven sports.
Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
- Indian Cricket player. Born November 1, 1974, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh), better known as V. V. S. Laxman, is a member of the Indian national cricket team. As a batsman he is noted for his superb timing and ability to hit against the turn against spin bowlers. His batting style is similar to the Wolrd famous Hyderabadi, Mohammed Azharuddin - whom Laxman says is his role-model.
M.L.Jaisimha
- Former Indian Cricket Player Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha (1939-1999),born Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh was an Indian Test cricketer. The first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test match!
Abbas Ali Baig
- Former Indian Cricket Player born March 19, 1939, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1959 to 1966.
Krishna Murthy -
Former Indian Cricket Player (1947-1999) played in 5 Tests and one ODI in 1971.
Mohammad Azharuddin
- Former Indian Cricket team captain born 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Azhar, as he was popularly known, was an elegant batsman and captain of the Indian team for most of the 1990s. Statistically he is one of India's most successful captains. He won a record 103 ODI matches as the captain of the Indian team. His 14 Test Match wins as captain, was a record until it was bettered by Sourav Ganguly. He is holds a record of 3 consecutive centuries in his debut matches. He was given LBW out for 199 in a test match against Sri Lanka and it was his highest Test Score. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991, and was for many years an inspirational figure in the Indian team with his athletic fielding and leadership. In 2004, he opened a Physical Education Centre named Est in Hyderabad
Ghulam Ahmed
- Former Indian Cricket team captain (1922-1998) was an off spin bowler, who captained India in Test cricket. After his retirement, he served for many years as the secretary of BCCI. He was the uncle of the former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal. He was the grand uncle of Indian Tennis star Sania Mirza
Abid Ali
- Former Indian Cricket player born September 9, 1941 in Hyderabad was an all-rounder who played cricket for India. He was a big man with a military moutache, a watchful lower order batsman, a medium pace bowler and a brilliant fielder.
Venkatapathy Raju
- Former Indian Cricket player and Present Indian Cricket Team Selector
Pullela Gopichand
- Badminton player (Winner of The All England Badminton Championship - 2001) Born November 16, 1973 in Nagandla, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian Badminton player. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 defeating Chen Hong of China in the finals. He became the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone, who won it in 1980. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2000-2001. But later on, his game was affected due to injuries and his ranking dropped to 126 in the year 2003. In 2005, he was awarded the Padma Shri. Now, he runs the Pullela Gopichand badminton academy.
Mithali Raj
- Present captain of Indian Women's Cricket Team (Born December 3, 1982) is the captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She made her one-day international debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs without getting out in that match. She made her test match debut in the 2001-02 season against England at Lucknow. She became famous for her score of 214 runs in a test match against England at Taunton, which broke the record for the highest score in women's Test cricket.
Sania Mirza
- Tennis player who is the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title. (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian tennis player. She was born in Mumbai but brought up in Hyderabad. Coached by her father Imran Mirza, she began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with career high rankings of number 31 in singles and 24 in doubles.
Saina Nehwal
- Badminton player
Gagan Narang
- World class Shooter
Mir.H.Ahmed
- International Polo Player
Abu Tayeb Mohammed (ATM)Yahya
- Former India's #1 Junior Table Tennis Player
Mir Khasim Ali
- Former Indian Men's Table Tennis Champion
Nandanoori Mukesh Kumar
- Olympian and Former Indian Hockey player
Shivlal Yadav
- Former Indian Cricket Player and Former Indian Cricket Team Selector
