1. Mohammad "Azhar" Azharuddin was born on 8 February 1963 and is an Indian politician and a former cricketer who served as the Indian national cricket team's captain.
37 Facts About Mohammad Azharuddin
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Mohammad Azharuddin was a right-handed middle order batter and an occasional medium fast bowler.
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Mohammad Azharuddin played 99 Test matches and 334 One Day Internationals for India.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was considered as one of the best ODI batsmen in the world and one of the greatest of his era.
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Mohammad Azharuddin captained India in three Cricket World Cups, the most by any Indian captain, all during the 1990s.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.
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In 2009, Azharuddin joined Indian National Congress and was elected as a member of parliament for Moradabad.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was appointed as the President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee in 2018.
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Mohammad Azharuddin attended All Saints High School and graduated from Nizam College, Osmania University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
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Mohammad Azharuddin's elder son Asaduddin is a domestic cricketer and he married Anam Mirza, the sister of Sania Mirza in 2019.
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Mohammad Azharuddin made his debut for the Indian cricket team in Test cricket against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 31 December 1984 scoring 110 in his first innings.
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Mohammad Azharuddin subsequently scored two more centuries in his next two Test matches in the series.
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Mohammad Azharuddin made his ODI debut against the visiting England team at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on 20 January 1985 and made an unbeaten 47.
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In 1989, Mohammad Azharuddin was appointed as the captain of the Indian team succeeding Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
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Mohammad Azharuddin led the Indian team in 47 Test matches and 174 One Day Internationals.
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Mohammad Azharuddin led the team to victory in 14 tests and 90 ODIs, both records until surpassed by Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni respectively.
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Mohammad Azharuddin ended the series with 426 runs at an average of 85.20 which was the highest tally by an India captain in a test series in England until it was broken by Virat Kohli in 2018.
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Mohammad Azharuddin scored 54 runs in the final and was awarded the Man of the match award.
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Mohammad Azharuddin led India at the 1992 Cricket World Cup where India were knocked out in the group stage and finished seventh out of nine teams with two wins in eight matches.
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India won the 1995 Asia Cup beating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final where Mohammad Azharuddin captained the side and won the man of the match scoring runs.
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Mohammad Azharuddin again led the team in the 1996 Cricket World Cup co-hosted by India.
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Mohammad Azharuddin scored another century in the next test making an unbeaten 163 and helped India record their biggest win in Test history in terms of runs at the time.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was named the man of the match and the series after aggregating 388 runs at an average of 77.60 Azharuddin scored seven centuries in ODIs with a best of 153 coming against Zimbabwe on 9 April 1998 in Cuttack.
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Mohammad Azharuddin scored the last of his 22 centuries in tests against South Africa in Bangalore in March 2000, which turned out to be the last test match in his career.
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Mohammad Azharuddin played the final match of his international career in an ODI against Pakistan on 3 June 2000 in the 2000 Asia Cup.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was a right handed middle order batter and an occasional medium fast bowler.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was known for his graceful and fluid batting style.
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Predominantly a middle order batsman, Mohammad Azharuddin played 99 test matches for India and scored 6,215 runs at an average of 45.03, including 22 centuries and 21 half-centuries.
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Mohammad Azharuddin scored 9,378 runs in One Day Internationals from 334 matches at an average of 36.92 and 156 catches as a fielder.
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Mohammad Azharuddin made his debut with a 110 against England in Kolkata in 1984 and scored 102 against South Africa in Bangalore in his last match, becoming the first Indian and the fifth batsman ever to score a century in his first and last Test matches.
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Mohammad Azharuddin joined Indian National Congress party on 19 February 2009.
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Mohammad Azharuddin won the 2009 Indian general election from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh to become a member of parliament.
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Mohammad Azharuddin contested the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election from Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency in Hyderabad but lost to Maganti Gopinath of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1986 and India's fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1988.
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Mohammad Azharuddin was named one of five Wisden's cricketers of the year for 1991.
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Mohammad Azharuddin has received doctorate degree from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi on 21 September 2023.
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The film featured Emraan Hashmi as Mohammad Azharuddin and was released on 13 May 2016.