Mohammad Azharuddin

Mohammad Azharuddin
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 (2009-05-16) – 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
Preceded byShafiqur Rahman Barq
Succeeded byKunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh
ConstituencyMoradabad
27th President of Hyderabad Cricket Association
Assumed office
27 September 2019
Preceded byGaddam Vivek Venkatswamy
Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
2 June 2014
Personal details
Born (1963-02-08) 8 February 1963 (age 61)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Spouses
  • Naureen
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    (m. 1987; div. 1996)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1996; div. 2010)​
  • Shannon Marie
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    (m. 2017)​
Nickname(s)Azhar, Azzu[1]
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleMiddle-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 169)31 December 1984 v England
Last Test2 March 2000 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 51)20 January 1985 v England
Last ODI3 June 2000 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1981–2000Hyderabad
1983–2001South Zone
1991–1994Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 99 334 229 433
Runs scored 6,215 9,378 15,855 12,941
Batting average 45.03 36.92 51.98 39.33
100s/50s 22/21 7/58 54/74 11/85
Top score 199 153* 226 161*
Balls bowled 13 552 1,432 827
Wickets 0 12 17 15
Bowling average – 98.44 46.23 47.26
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 3/19 3/36 3/19
Catches/stumpings 105/– 156/– 220/– 200/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 1988 Bangladesh
Winner 1990-91 India
Winner 1995 United Arab Emirates
Runner-up 1997 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 February 2009
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Mohammad Azharuddin (born 8 February 1963) is an Indian politician and a former cricketer who also served as the Indian national cricket team's captain. He was a right-handed middle order batter and an occasional medium fast bowler. He played 99 Test matches and 334 One Day Internationals for India. As a captain, he led the team to wins in the 1990-91 and 1995 Asia Cups and reached the semi-finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He captained India in three Cricket World Cups, the most by any Indian captain, all during the 1990s. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.

His cricketing career came to an abrupt end in 2000 after he was banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for life due to his alleged involvement in a match fixing scandal. In 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the life ban after appeal.[3] In September 2019, he was elected as the president of Hyderabad Cricket Association.[4]

In 2009, Azharuddin joined Indian National Congress and was elected as a member of parliament for Moradabad. He was appointed as the President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee in 2018.[5]

  1. ^ "Of comparisons and imitations". The Hindu. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Mohammad Azharuddin's profile". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Andhra Pradesh High Court Clears Azhar". Quint. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin elected as HCA president". India Today. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. ^ Choudhury, Angikaar. "Mohammad Azharuddin: The rise and fall of the Nawab of Hyderabad". Scroll.in. Retrieved 1 April 2016.