Sri Venkateswara University Ground is a multi-purpose stadium located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The stadium has facilities for

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, hockey,

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, basketball, and lawn tennis, as well as a 400-meter track, a pavilion, and galleries. The ground has hosted

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matches in 1984 and 1992. Karnataka cricket team and

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playing in the first match where Karnataka won by 141 runs. In second match also Andhra losses to

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by an innings and 166 runs.Andhra v Tamil Nadu
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, Robin Singh, Roger Binny, Sadanand Viswanath, Gundappa Viswanath,

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played on this ground. it is also called as Taraka Rama stadium name of former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Nandamoori Taraka Rama Rao

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