M Azharuddin

Mohammad Azizuddin Azharuddin (born 8 February 1963), often known simply as Azhar, is an Indian politician and former cricketer. A right-handed middle-order batter and occasional medium-fast bowler, he served as the Indian national cricket team's captain with 99 Test matches and 334 One Day Internationals to his name. Azharuddin led India to wins in the 1990–91 and 1995 Asia Cups and reached the semi-finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He was considered as one of the best ODI batsmen in the world and one of the greatest of his era. He captained India in three Cricket World Cups, the most by any Indian captain, all during the 1990s. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket. His cricketing career came to an abrupt end in 2000 after he was banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for life due to his involvement in a match fixing sc