Mohammad Azharuddin was one of the best players of India. He was the former captain of the Indian team. He was born in Hyderabad. He was famous because of his excellent wrist flicks which made the cricket a poetic creation. He showed his batting skill against spin bowlers. His clean and sharp batting was compared to the English batsman, David Gower.
Like everyone, the life of Azharuddin was not free from the dark side. The former captain of S. Africa, Hansie Cronje had confessed his involvement in the international match fixing which has also taken Azharuddin to the scandal for participating. The prime investigation agency of India named Central Bureau of Investigation found that Azharuddin had taken money from bookies to fix the matches. As a result, BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) decided to ban him from playing for a lifetime in the year of 2000.
He has played a total 99 test and 334 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 199 and 153 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has 22 test centuries and 7 one-day centuries. In test, his total run is 6215. For one-day, it is 9378.
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