Hyderabad, Dec. 3 -- It has been a different ball game for Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy for the last two days. He has been rigorously practising football, his favourite sport, at the Marri Channa Reddy Institute of Human Resources Development grounds, along with a bunch of enthusiastic football players.

The 56-year-old chief minister is gearing up to face global soccer giant Lionel Messi of Argentina in an exhibition match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal in Hyderabad, on December 13.

"The event is being planned as part of the grand finale of the Telangana Rising Global Summit, an ambitious programme being organised by the state government to showcase the potential of the state as a global investment destinatio...