One of the most successful captain and batsman produced by India, Mohammad Azharuddin’s career was tainted due to match-fixing scandals which broke ouไt in 2000.
As a result, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) handed a life-ban to the Hyderabad cricketer who is amongst the highest scorers for the ﷺcountry in international cr🌜icket.
Overall, Azhar accumulated 16,000 runs in both ODIs and Test cricket. Als𒀰o, the ex-middle-order batsman holds one of the most impressive win percentage records for the country. After appealing to Andhra Pradesh High Court, his ban got lifted following a judicial fight of 12 years.
He was later elected as the president of the Hyderabad Cricket Asso🔯ciation (HCA) and felt his 🐲redemption after attending the BCCI AGM meeting.
“I don’t want to blame anyone for what happened. I really do🔴n’t know the reasons for banning me. But I had decided to fight it and I am grateful that after 12 years I got cleared. I felt very satisfied when after being elected president of Hyderabad association I went and attended the BCC💙I AGM meeting,” Azhar told cricketpakistan.com.
In the hindsight🦹, Azhar did not ho🔯ld any disappointment for ending up playing one short of the 100th Test match milestone.
“I am a firm believer in fate and whatever is in your destiny it happens. I look at this way that nowadays if a player is a class act he ends up playing more 𒁏than 100 Tests. So I don’t think this record of 99 Test matches that I hold is going to be broken,” the 57-year old added.
In the end, ꦉAzhar counted his blessings for being able to lead to India for a substantial pe꧙riod of time. “I played for around 16 to 17 years and I captained for around 10 years. What more can I ask for?” Azhar concluded.
