- Born
- Nickname
- Azhar
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- "Heights of glory, depths of humiliation" was the line used as an obituary for disgraced US President Richard Nixon in 1994. Perhaps no cricketer in history fits the tag as much as Mohammad Azharuddin. He blazed onto the cricket scene like a storm, hitting 3 centuries in each of his first three tests, was the first to appear in over 300 ODIs, dominated the Indian cricketing landscape as a captain like no other till then and was married to a supermodel whose heart not even bonafide Bollywood superstars could win. But all of these accomplishments came to a nought when it was revealed he was the kingpin of the match fixing scandal which left the cricketing world in a state of complete shock. Banned for life from ever playing again, Azhar took the BCCI to the court challenging the decision, but evidence against him was substantial to the point it took the bench of a local judiciary to revoke his ban, something beyond its jurisdiction. Apart from his ethical conduct, his batsmanship too has undergone tight scrutiny in recent years, with statistics proving him to be a complete flat track bully who faltered time and time again on the challenging surfaces outside the subcontinent, irrespective of his fans' beliefs that with the willow in his hand, he was nothing less than a genius.
Beyond the sporting domain, Azhar served as a Member of Parliament on an Indian National Congress ticket from the constituency of Moradabad from 2009 to 2014 where yet again, he proved to be what he was as the captain of the Indian team: disinterested in the concerns of his constitutional subjects, aloof from key development matters and unapproachable.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ankit Singh
- SpousesShanon Marie Price(December 2015 - present)Sangeeta Bijlani(1996 - 2010) (divorced)Naureen(1987 - 1996) (divorced, 2 children)
- Azharuddin made his debut for the Indian cricket team in Test cricket in 1984 against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 31 December 1984 and hit three centuries in his first three matches. Till date, Azharuddin is the only cricketer with the distinction of scoring a century in each of his first three Tests.
- Mohammad Azharuddin is an Indian politician and former cricketer.
- Azharuddin formally joined the Indian National Congress party on 19 February 2009. He won the Indian general election, 2009 from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh to become Member of Parliament of India.
- He led the Indian team in 47 Test matches and 174 One Day Internationals. He led the team to victory in 90 ODIs, the highest until surpassed by M.S. Dhoni on 2 September 2014. His 14 test match wins as captain was a record until it was beaten by Sourav Ganguly, who has 21 test match wins to his name.
- His international playing career came to a controversial end when he was implicated in the infamous match-fixing scandal in 2000 and subsequently banned by the BCCI for life. On 8 November 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the ban describing it as "unsustainable". But by then he was 49 years old and too old to get back on the pitch.
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