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Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1991 In 2000, when Harsha Bhogle, the writer of Azhar- the Authorized Biography of Mohammed Azharuddin, was queried on Mohammed Azharuddin, in whose praise in the book he leaves the English language severely bankrupt, and his involvement in the match fixing scandal, the reply received is a curt, " Well, people change ". Fifteen years earlier, the twenty-two year old Mohammed Azharuddin made his debut against England, and the cricket fraternity all over the world rushed to declare that a star had arrived. And what a star he was, on his day Mohammed Azharuddin was a wizard with elastic wrists and willowy wand, and a range of tricks to mesmerize the crowd and the hapless bowlers. In his innumerable innings, Azhar made making runs look as easy as a walk in the park. In the 99 tests that he played, Mohammed Azharuddin amassed 6215 runs at an average of 45.03. His one day record is equally impressive with 9378 runs scored in 334 one dayers at an average of 36.92. Mohammed Azharuddin was, at one point of time, regarded as India's best captain after the Nawab of Pataudi. An extremely God fearing person, Mohammed Azharuddin hailed from a humble background and had the fabled rags to riches rise in his situation. But the man who said in an interview something like, "I score runs only because Allah wills it", as Harsha Bhogle puts it rather wistfully, "changed". And along with it changed the way many people viewed cricket. Mohammed Azharuddin could so easily have had his name written in golden words in the annals of cricket history, but sadly squandered it all away because he proved too human. livescore.warofcricket.com gives information on Mohammed Azharuddin and other Great Cricket Players. |
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