Mohammad Azharuddin’s Story: Mohammad Azharuddin is one of the legendary players of India. Azharuddin was the best player of his era, but his entire career was ruined by match-fixing. Azharuddin’s career as a cricketer has been very spectacular. However, later the charge of fixing was dropped from him. Azhar was one of the stylish batsmen of cricket.
Azharuddin, who made his international debut in 1984, had a great career. But in 2000, he was accused of match-fixing, after which he was banned from cricket for life. However, after this he fought a legal battle over the fixing controversy and after 12 years, the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the life ban on him. But by the time it was too late and he had gone far beyond cricket. After this he also became an MP.
One of the great captains of India
Along with a player, Azharuddin was also a brilliant captain for India. He has captained Team India in a total of 47 Tests and 175 ODIs. Azharuddin was the first player to score 9000 runs in international career.
International career like this
Azharuddin was one of the great batsmen for India. He has played 99 Tests and 334 ODIs in his career for the team. Azharuddin could not play the 100th test match of his career due to life ban. Batting in 147 innings of Test matches, he scored 6215 runs at an average of 45.03, which included 22 centuries and 21 half-centuries. In this, his high score was 199 runs.
While batting in 308 innings of ODIs, Azharuddin scored 9378 runs at an average of 36.92. During this, 7 centuries and 58 half-centuries came out of his bat. At the same time, the high score of his ODI career was 153* not out.
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