Kirti Azad

Kirti Azad
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	S. S. Ahluwalia
Constituency	Bardhaman–Durgapur
Majority	1,37,981
In office 16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Succeeded by	Gopal Jee Thakur
Constituency	Darbhanga
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
Constituency	Darbhanga
State In–charge of the All India Trinamool Congress, Goa
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2022
Preceded by	Mahua Moitra
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office 1993–1998
Succeeded by	Shiela Dixit
Constituency	Gole Market
Personal details
Born	Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (1959-01-02) 2 January 1959 (age 65) Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (2019–2021) Bharatiya Janata Party (1990–2019)
Spouse	Poonam Azad (d. 2024)
Children	2
Parent	Bhagwat Jha Azad (father)
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 150)	21 February 1981 v New Zealand
Last Test	12 November 1983 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 29)	6 December 1980 v Australia
Last ODI	18 April 1986 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1976–1994	Delhi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 7 25 142 72 Runs scored 135 269 6,634 1,521 Batting average 11.25 14.15 39.48 27.16 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 20/27 0/8 Top score 24 39* 215 94 Balls bowled 750 390 15,420 2,086 Wickets 3 7 234 50 Bowling average 124.33 39.00 30.72 27.48 5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/84 2/48 7/63 3/16 Catches/stumpings 3/– 7/– 95/– 22/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  India ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1983 England and Wales ACC Asia Cup Winner 1984 United Arab Emirates
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2014

Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (pronunciation^ⓘ; born 2 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who played seven Test matches and 25 One Day International for the India national cricket team between 1980 and 1986. Azad was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Azad is the son of former Chief Minister of Bihar Bhagwat Jha Azad. He was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a quickish offspinner. A surprise choice for the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1980–81, he made his Test debut at Wellington. He was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.^[1]

He won the 2014 Lok Sabha election for Darbhanga, Bihar. In February 2019, Kirti Azad joined Indian National Congress.^[2] He joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) after meeting TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Delhi on 23 November 2021.^[3]