Mohammad Azharuddin

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mohammad Azharuddin pronunciation (help-info) (Telugu: ముహమ్మద్ అజహరుద్దీన్, Urdu: محمد اظہرالدین ) (born 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) also known as Azhar, is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He was an accomplished batsman and captained the Indian cricket team for much of the 1990s, until his involvement in a match-fixing scandal forced him into retirement. A member of the Indian National Congress, Azharuddin won election from the Moradabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.