41 Facts About Mohammad Azharuddin

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Mohammad Azharuddin was born on 8 February 1963 and is an Indian politician and a former international cricketer and former captain of India national cricket team.

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Mohammad Azharuddin is the working president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee and was the member of parliament for Moradabad.

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Mohammad Azharuddin played 99 Test matches and 334 One Day Internationals for the Indian national cricket team before his international career came to an end after he was found to have been involved in a match fixing scandal in 2000 and subsequently banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for life.

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In 2009, Azharuddin was elected as a member of the parliament for Moradabad on an Indian National Congress party ticket.

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In September 2019, Mohammad Azharuddin was elected as the president of Hyderabad Cricket Association.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was born in Hyderabad to Mohammad Azizuddin and Yousuf Sultana.

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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 married his first wife Naureen in 1987 and they had two sons, Asaduddin and Ayazuddin.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was known for his wristy strokeplay, much like Indian cricketer Gundappa Viswanath and Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Abbas.

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Mohammad Azharuddin made his debut for the Indian cricket team in Test cricket in 1984 against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 31 December 1984, where he scored 110 in his first innings from 322 deliveries, alongside Ravi Shastri who scored 111, in what was ultimately a drawn match.

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Mohammad Azharuddin subsequently scored two more centuries in his next two Test matches.

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Mohammad Azharuddin scored 121 against England at Lord's in 1990.

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India was faced with the prospect of a follow-on when Mohammad Azharuddin came in to bat at number five and scored his hundred off 88 balls in a losing cause.

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In reply to South Africa's first innings score of 428, Mohammad Azharuddin brought up his century off 74 deliveries, equalling Kapil Dev's record for the fastest Test century by an India player and fourth overall, in terms of balls faced.

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Mohammad Azharuddin struck a 161-run partnership with Anil Kumble for the eighth wicket, another India national record, "hooking and pulling" while dealing with his "weakness against the short-pitched delivery".

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Mohammad Azharuddin particularly attacked Lance Klusener scoring 20 runs off his 14th over.

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Mohammad Azharuddin followed this up with a second-innings century in the next Test, the last, of the series.

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Mohammad Azharuddin made an unbeaten 163 and helped his team record their hitherto biggest win in Test history in terms of runs.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was named the man of the match, and the series.

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Mohammad Azharuddin aggregated 388 runs for the series at 77.60.

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Predominantly a middle order batsman, Mohammad Azharuddin was known for his attacking brand of cricket and strong slip catching, though continuously struggled against the short ball.

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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 started his career with a 110 against England in Kolkata in 1984 and ended with a 102 against South Africa in Banglaore in 2000 thus, becoming the only Indian and the fifth batsman ever to score a century in his first and last Test matches.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was convicted of match fixing in 2000, and banned for life by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

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Mohammad Azharuddin became the captain of the Indian team, succeeding Krishnamachari Srikkanth in 1989.

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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 90 ODIs, the highest until surpassed by MS Dhoni on 2 September 2014.

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Mohammad Azharuddin's 14 test match wins as captain was a record until it was beaten by Sourav Ganguly, who has 21 test match wins to his name.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was accused of match fixing in the match fixing scandal in 2000.

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The CBI report states that Mohammad Azharuddin was the one to introduce then South African Captain Hansie Cronje to the bookies.

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The court concluded that the ban was illegal, although Mohammad Azharuddin never came back on the field.

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Mohammad Azharuddin is currently the chairman of the Hyderabad cricket board since 2019.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was known for a graceful and fluid batting style.

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Mohammad Azharuddin, was one of the most delightful batsmen to watch and a superb fielder to boot, whose career ended under a cloud of allegations.

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Mohammad Azharuddin formally joined the 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 of India.

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Mohammad Azharuddin had disclosed his intention to contest the 2019 elections from Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency in 2019.

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Mohammad Azharuddin is currently holding the position of working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1986 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in recognition of his distinguished contribution in the field of sports, in 1988.

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Mohammad Azharuddin was named one of five Wisden's Cricketers of the Year for the year 1991.

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Mohammad Azharuddin had two sons with his first wife; his younger son, Mohammad Ayazuddin, died in a road accident in 2011.