Azhar’s Masterclass! #OnThisDay in 1993, Mohammed Azharuddin smashed 182 v England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Azhar’s 182 came off just 197 balls (12x4, 1x6). India won the test by 8 wickets. This was Gooch’s 100th test & Venkataraghavan’s first test as umpire. Azhar was made captain for only first... 2 ODIs and 1st test against England in 1993. Azhar not only retained his captaincy but also became the first Indian captain to win all 3 Tests of a series.show more

@azharflicks Pls, Restrain yourself from posting fixers. Once a blemish, always a blemish. Peace 💯

@azharflicks I still remember after horrible series against SA, Kapil was offered a captaincy again but Kapil replied to BCCI, I'll accept the captaincy only if Azhar resigned as Captain..Azhar didn't do that and rest is history..Good series for Shardashram Kids Sachin, Kambli and Amre

@azharflicks Before being embroiled in unsavory controversy Azhar's batting was always a treat to watch. Visual delight ❤️ And gun fielder too 🙌🏻

@azharflicks India had just returned from a harrowing South African tour to a climate of brutal sectarian violence, Ajit Wadekar manager of d team at the time insisted that Azhar be retained as skipper vs a top Poms outfit, they played 4 quicks and Azhar thrashed the living daylights, seminal

@azharflicks Azharuddin is the pioneer of attacking batting for BCCI team. It's a tragedy that he went the wrong way.

@azharflicks Azhar was the best, haven’t seen anyone who is even close to his wristwork. What a legend!

@azharflicks "It was too fast for a test inning, it was too classy for ODI" ~ Gavaskar

@azharflicks Ganguly destroyed the empire built by Azhar when he become BCCI president. Losing home test series is a new norm now. credit goes to ganguly.

@azharflicks His back foot punch, flick of the wrists and brilliance in fielding were absolutely outstanding. Apart from the match fixing issues, he was a brilliant cricket but his legacy is tainted because of his greed for wealth rather than his appetite for scoring runs.

@azharflicks This was the series when we have the spin tikri of Kumble, Raju and Chauhan cleaning Engalnd batting on all 3 tests

@azharflicks Lucky Azhar…he was made captain only because @RaviShastriOfc was sick and unavailable for the first two test matches!

@azharflicks Probably he had struck more than 20 fours

@azharflicks Then he started fixing matches

@azharflicks The trio Kumble , Raju, Chauhan 👌

@azharflicks He won a significant number of games and played some memorable knocks- but should have NEVER been made the captain. Shastri should have been his captain. Azhar was a classy player but had the personality of a door knob - incoherent and made questionable decisions on and off field

@azharflicks The Bombay Brownwash India won 3-0

@azharflicks Can I request addressing Azhar as Match Fixer Azhar? We Indians admired him but he stabbed us all in the back. Same for others leeches like Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Sharma, Hansie Cronje, Gibbs and many Pakis like Saleem Malik, Rahman, Asif, Amir and Butt....

@azharflicks And Rajesh Chauhan’s debut

@azharflicks Witnessed in person , Azhar was playing for Derbyshire county team at the time and there was English contingent of fans from the county who had a placard in his name..to a young fan not exposed to county cricket found it amazing. Azhar owned Eden at the time..