Mohammad Azharuddin, born on 8 February 1963, is an Indian politician and former cricketer, a right-handed middle-order batter and occasional medium-fast bowler who captained the Indian national cricket team and has 99 Test matches and 334 One Day Internationals to his name. He led India to wins in the 1990 to 91 and 1995 Asia Cups and to the semi-finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup, and he captained India in three World Cups, the most of any Indian captain, all during the 1990s. He was also part of the Indian squad that won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket. His career ended in 2000 when the Board of Control for Cricket in India banned him for life over a match fixing scandal, a ban the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted in 2012. In September 2019 he was elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association.
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He was considered as one of the best ODI batsmen in the world and one of the greatest of his era.
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He captained India in three Cricket World Cups, the most by any Indian captain, all during the 1990s.
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he served as the Indian national cricket team's captain
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