Mohammad Azharuddin
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm medium (RM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 99 | 334 |
| Runs scored | 6215 | 9378 |
| Batting average | 45.03 | 36.92 |
| 100s/50s | 22/21 | 7/58 |
| Top score | 199 | 153* |
| Overs bowled | 2.1 | 92.0 |
| Wickets | 0 | 12 |
| Bowling average | 0 | 39.91 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/19 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 105/0 | 156/0 |
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Mohammad Azharuddin pronunciation (born 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
Six feet tall Azharuddin shot into fame in 1984 when he hit three consecutive centuries in his first three Test matches, including his debut innings. This record (most number of consecutive hundreds starting on debut) is still unbeaten.
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[edit] Career
Azhar, as he was popularly known, was an elegant batsman and captain of the Indian team for most of the 1990s. Statistically he is one of India's most successful captains. He won a record 103 ODI matches as the captain of the Indian team. His 14 Test Match wins as captain, was a record until it was bettered by Sourav Ganguly. In his prime, he had a graceful, fluid batting style, comparable to that of his English contemporary, David Gower. The wrist flick was his most characteristic shot and he fared best against spinners.
The grace and fluidity of his wrist once prompted John Woodcock, a noted cricket writer, to say, "It's no use asking an Englishman to bat like Mohammad Azharuddin. For, it would be like expecting a greyhound to win the London Derby!" Source:[1]
He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991, and was for many years an inspirational figure in the Indian team with his athletic fielding and leadership. However, towards the end of his career Azharuddin was accused of match-fixing [2]; South African captain Hansie Cronje in his confession for match-fixing had indicated that Azharuddin was also involved. This led the BCCI to ban him from the game of cricket for life in 2000.
The BCCI lifted the ban on Azharuddin in 2006 and even honoured him along with other Indian Test captains in a ceremony in Mumbai during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. The ICC, however, claimed that it alone had the right to revoke the ban despite playing no role in handing out the original ban.
In one of his interviews, he claimed that he was being targeted because he was from a minority community. However, this statement backfired badly and invited severe criticism from all parts of the country and even from prominent minority community organisations in India. Ultimately, Azharuddin had to apologise publicly and retract his statements.
He divorced his wife, and married Sangeeta Bijlani, a Bollywood actress.
He currently runs a gym named Est in his hometown, Hyderabad and doing real estate business in Dubai, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore & Hyderabad.
[edit] International Records
He scored 22 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 45, and 7 in ODIs at an average of 37. He was also an excellent fielder.
His career end was very disappointing as he was due to play his 100th Test match when the life-time ban was imposed.
| Preceded by Krishnamachari Srikkanth |
Indian National Test Cricket Captain 1989/90 - 1996 |
Succeeded by Sachin Tendulkar |
| Preceded by Sachin Tendulkar |
Indian National Test Cricket Captain 1997/98 - 1998/99 |
Succeeded by Sachin Tendulkar |
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India squad - 1987 Cricket World Cup Semi-finalists | |
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1 Kapil Dev | 2 Gavaskar | 3 Srikkanth | 4 Vengsarkar | 5 Azharuddin | 6 Shastri | 7 Sidhu | 8 Binny | 9 Prabhakar | 10 More | 11 Maninder Singh | 12 Sivaramakrishnan | 13 Sharma | 14 Pandit | 15 None | Coach: Unknown |
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India squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Azharuddin (c) | 2 Kapil Dev | 3 Srikkanth | 4 Shastri | 5 Manjrekar | 6 Tendulkar | 7 Jadeja | 8 Kambli | 9 Amre | 10 Prabhakar | 11 Srinath | 12 More | 13 Raju | 14 Banerjee | 15 None | Coach: Unknown |
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India squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup Semi-finalists | |
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1 Azharuddin (c) | 2 Tendulkar | 3 Jadeja | 4 Sidhu | 5 Kambli | 6 Manjrekar | 7 Mongia | 8 Srinath | 9 Prasad | 10 Kumble | 11 Prabhakar | 12 Raju | 13 Ankola | 14 Kapoor | 15 None | Coach: Wadekar (Coach cum Manager) |
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India squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Azharuddin (c) | 2 Tendulkar | 3 Ganguly | 4 Dravid | 5 Jadeja | 6 Khurasiya | 7 Mongia | 8 Srinath | 9 Prasad | 10 Agarkar | 11 Robin Singh | 12 Chopra | 13 Kumble | 14 Mohanty | 15 Ramesh | Coach: Gaekwad |
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| NAME | Azharuddin, Mohammad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Azhar |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8 February 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyderabad, India |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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