Several injured, unconscious as thousands rush for India-Aus match tickets in Hyderabad
Police had to resort to lathi charge as close to 30,000 people thronged to purchase tickets for the India-Australia cricket match slated for September 25.
Police had to resort to lathi charge as close to 30,000 people thronged to purchase tickets for the India-Australia cricket match slated for September 25.
While Laxman cut the thread to mark the opening of the stand, former India off-spinner Noel David, Venkatpathy Raju and fast bowler Mohammed Siraj were also present on the occasion.
Hyderabad will host an international match for the first time in Azhar's presidency when India take on West Indies on Friday.
Azharuddin, who is gearing up to host the first T20 match on December 6, said he doesn't want to take the focus away from the match by talking about the issue related to corruption
Rayudu had retired midway through the World Cup but reversed his decision later in August.
Azharuddin's fans started celebrating at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal soon after it was announced that the former cricketer was elected after he pipped his nearest rival Prakash Chand Jain by 74 votes.
It is to be noted that midway during ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Ambati Rayudu had announced his retirement after he was not chosen as a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar despite being on the stand-by list.
Notably, the former captain's nomination for the post of HCA president was not accepted in 2017 on the ground that he failed to produce proof of BCCI lifting the ban imposed on him for his alleged involvement in match-fixing in 2000.
