Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Gagan Narand, Jwala Gutta, Parupalli Kashyap, Ashwini Ponnappa. What is common among them? They are all Hyderabadis.
Why Hyderabad has the biggest names and prospects? This is because of the big push given to sports by N. Chandrababu Naidu. N Chandrababu Naidu, then CM of Andhra Pradesh built the brand out of Hyderabad and showcased what an able CM can transform the state from 23rd position to 2nd position in terms of all the indexes of Growth. Under his leadership, Sports Infrastructure of International Standards were developed in Hyderabad. Many Indoor stadiums came up in different parts of city along with main stadiums in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Chandrababu Naidu also has alloted land to Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy which is now a premier training academy for Badminton.(Of course, the next CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy taken back much of the land of the Badminton Academy for the obvious reasons)
It would be great if the present government also encourage sports and take the sports scenario of India to the next level.
