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Mohammad Azharuddin

Mohammad Azharuddin

India·Batsman

A stylish batsman and former India captain whose legacy was permanently stained by a life ban for match fixing.

6 incidents documented

Controversies & Incidents

🚨Explosive

Mohammad Azharuddin Banned for Life

India vs Various

5 December 2000

Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life by the BCCI after the CBI found evidence of his involvement in match fixing, based on revelations from the Hansie Cronje investigation.

#azharuddin#india#life ban
🚨Serious

Ajay Jadeja's Match Fixing Ban

India vs Various

5 December 2000

Indian all-rounder Ajay Jadeja was banned for five years by the BCCI after the CBI investigation found evidence of his links with bookmakers.

#ajay jadeja#india#match fixing
🔥Explosive

Hansie Cronje Match-Fixing Scandal

South Africa

7 April 2000

South African captain Hansie Cronje was exposed as having accepted money from bookmakers to influence matches, shattering the sport's innocence and triggering a global crackdown on corruption in cricket.

#hansie cronje#match fixing#south africa
🔥Explosive

Mohammad Azharuddin Banned for Match-Fixing

India

5 December 2000

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life from cricket after a CBI investigation found he had been involved in match-fixing, ending the career of one of India's most stylish batsmen.

#azharuddin#match fixing#ban
🔥Moderate

Sachin Tendulkar vs Mohammad Azharuddin Captaincy Rivalry

India (internal)

1 January 1997

Sachin Tendulkar's brief and unhappy stint as India captain in the late 1990s, replacing Azharuddin, was marked by poor results, factional politics, and the eventual return of captaincy to Azharuddin.

#sachin tendulkar#azharuddin#captaincy
🏏Serious

Ambrose and Walsh Denied — Home Umpire Bias in India, 1994

India vs West Indies

October 1994

Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh were repeatedly denied plumb LBW appeals by Indian home umpires throughout West Indies' 1994 tour of India. The era of home umpire bias was at its height before neutral umpires became mandatory in 2002.

#curtly ambrose#courtney walsh#india