Mohammad Azharuddin
A former Indian cricketer and currently a politician, Azharuddin captained Indian Cricket Team during 90’s and was one of the most successful captains for winning 90 ODI’s. The record was later overtook by Dhoni’s captaincy after Dhoni on 02-September-2014 after winning 91 ODI’s. Azharuddin‘s 14 test match winning record was also surpassed by Sourav Ganguly with 21 test match wins. Azharuddin was named in Hansie Cronje’s confession on match-fixing. Hansie Cronje, a former South African skipper confessed that Azharuddin was one of the players who assisted him to fix up with bookies. Azharuddin was banned for life from playing in cricket matches. The ban was later lifted in 2006 by BCCI.
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A former Indian cricketer and currently a politician, Azharuddin captained Indian Cricket Team during 90’s and was one of the most successful captains for winning 90 ODI’s. The record was later overtook by Dhoni’s captaincy after Dhoni on 02-September-2014 after winning 91 ODI’s. Azharuddin‘s 14 test match winning record was also surpassed by Sourav Ganguly with 21 test match wins. Azharuddin was named in Hansie Cronje’s confession on match-fixing. Hansie Cronje, a former South African skipper confessed that Azharuddin was one of the players who assisted him to fix up with bookies. Azharuddin was banned for life from playing in cricket matches. The ban was later lifted in 2006 by BCCI.