India, England Teams arriving in city today

Visakhapatnam: The loss and the poor show by India in the just concluded first Test against England might have dented the enthusiasm of cricket lovers to an extent but a good turnout of spectators is expected for the second Test to begin from February 2. One factor that would enthuse the locals is the presence of KS Bharat, wicketkeeper-batter in the Indian team and the fighting knock he played in the Hyderabad Test.Incidentally, Bharat is the only Andhra player to play in front of the home crowd in a Test or shorter forms of cricket representing India. The Indian and English teams are arriving here from Hyderabad by air on Tuesday afternoon for the second Test to be played at the ACA-VDCA stadium here from February 2. Meanwhile, ACA secretary SR Gopinath Reddy said arrangements for the match have been made. The ACA is allowing 2,000 students every day into the stadium to witness the match. Every student must carry his or her institution’s ID card to gain free entry into the stadium. Thus 10,000 students would witness the match during the five days. In addition, the ACA is providing free passes per day to 2,850 players representing various clubs in the State. A total of 14,250 players are going to get this benefit, he said. The ACA has also invited BCCI president Roger Binny and secretary Jay Shah to witness the match. They have confirmed their visit.
GNG XI register second win
GNG XI recorded their second win beating Dynamix CC by 13 runs in the Ananta Premier Legue seniors’ T20 league at the Anantapur Cricket Ground.
Brief scores: Medical XI 129/7 in 20 overs (Syed Khadar Basha 46; Ayaz 3/27) lost to Hindupur United Club 130/5 in 19.5 overs (Abrar 48, Abu Talla 43). MoM: Abrar. GNG XI, Anantapur 141 in 184 overs (Himatej 29; Ram 3/27, Bhargav 3/34) bt Dynamix CC 128/9 in 20 overs (Kartik 30). Ananta Rising Stars 157/9 in 20 overs (T Chinna 40, C Koushik 39) bt Penukonda Spartans 87 in 20 overs (T Harsha Vardhan 4/12). MoM: T Harsha Vardhan. Dinesh Granites XI 158/8 in 20 overs (A Jayanth Krishna 43; Dileep Reddy 3/26) bt Spartans XI 111 in 20 overs. MoM: D Khadar Vali. ABL XI, Kadiri 175/8 in 20 overs (S Anil Kumar 52; K Sai Kumar 4/25) bt Vicky XI, Anantapur 114 in 17 overs (Ramana 3/11, C Sai Karthik Rao 3/16). MoM: Ramana. Spotlight Academy 90 in 17.4 overs (Gundu 3/19, P Babaiah 3/26) lost to Peukonda Thunders 92/2 in 14.2 overs (Friezen Rose 30 no). MoM: Gundu. ADCA, Guntakal 161/6 in 20 overs (Neelendra 52 no) bt Madakasira CC 121 in 17.2 overs (Sai Somasekhar 37; Shahid 4/6, Almas Raza 3/21). MoM: Shahid.