Vizag Test

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday said "special allocations" were made to Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget after five years, citing "commitments" announced for the Polavaram Project, industrial corridors and others. In a post on 'X', the ruling party noted that Rs 15,000 crore funds were allocated for the reconstruction of Andhra Pradesh in fiscal 2024-25. "Rs 15,000 crore for reconstruction of Andhra Pradesh this fiscal, additional funds for Polavaram (Project) lifeline, funds for Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor this year and special funds for seven backward districts," said the party in the post. Presenting the Budget for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the NDA government at the Centre has "made concerted efforts to fulfil the commitments" in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. Sitharaman said, "special financial support" will be facilitated by the Union Government through multilateral agencies. "Recognising the ..

India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday said the team management does not ask for rank turners while playing at home and it is tough to predict how a particular pitch would play out over the course of five days in a Test. The previous series against England in 2021 and against Australia last year were played on raging turners with most games ending within three days. However, the first two Tests against England in the ongoing series have gone on for four days. While Hyderabad was a slow turner, Vizag surface remained flat for the major part of the match. Dravid is someone who is regular with his pitch inspections before and during the game and a lot of times in between sessions as well. His longtime teammate Sourav Ganguly recently said that India don't need to play on rank turners as they have a well balanced bowling attack. Asked if more pitches like Vizag could be seen in the next three Tests, Dravid said he was clueless on the subject like anybody else. Curators make the pitc

part from Jaiswl and Bumrah, Zak Crawley, James Anderson and Shubman Gill also contributed immensely to make it a great red-ball drama that kept the audiences hooked on all four days in Vizag

Bumrah is only behind Waqar Younis and ahead of Imran Khan and Shoaib Akhtar when it comes to minimum matches taken by fast bowlers from Asia to reach 150 Test wickets

Jaiswal reached his hundred with a huge six as he came down the track and hit Tom Hartley over mid-on to get the milestone in only 151 balls

Only two Tests have been played at this ground so far and India has won both of them, beating South Africa by 203 runs in 2019 and England by 246 runs in 2016

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Visakhapatnam city Commissioner of Police R K Meena gave this information to PTI over phone

For England, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow were in the middle at a close of play on day two with their team still trailing by 352 runs