Global InformationList of international cricket centuries by Mohammad Azharuddin information
Mohammad Azharuddin is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the India national cricket team. Considered to be one of the greatest batsman to emerge from Indian cricket,[1] he was well known for his "wristy strokeplay".[2] A right-handed middle order batsman, Azharuddin scored 29 international centuries before the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accused him of match-fixing in 2000, which marked the end of his cricket career.[3] In a career that spanned 15 years, he played 99 Tests and 334 One Day Internationals (ODI) accumulating 6,215 and 9,378 runs respectively.[4] Azharuddin was the first cricketer to score 9,000 runs in ODI cricket and remained the leading run-scorer until October 2000.[a] He was named the "Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year" before being included by Wisden as one of their five Cricketers of the Year in 1991.[7][8]
Azharuddin made his Test and ODI debuts during England's 1984–85 tour of India. In Tests, he made centuries against all nations except West Indies and Zimbabwe.[b] In his first Test appearance Azharuddin made 110, thus becoming the eighth Indian player to score a century on debut.[10] With scores of 105 and 122 in the subsequent matches of the series, he became the first player to score a century in each of his first three Tests.[1][4] Azharuddin equalled the record of Kapil Dev for the fastest century by an Indian in Test cricket, when he scored a century from 74 balls against South Africa in 1996.[11] His highest score of 199 came against Sri Lanka at Kanpur in 1986. Azharuddin's 22 Test centuries were made at fifteen cricket grounds, nine of which were outside India.[12] He scored a century in his last Test innings—against South Africa—in March 2000.[13] As of May 2024, he is joint thirty-first among all-time century makers in Test cricket,[c] and sixth in the equivalent list for India.[15]
Azharuddin's first ODI century came two years after his debut when he made 108 against Sri Lanka. In 1987, he scored a 62-ball century against New Zealand at the Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara;[d] the performance ensured India's victory and he was made the man of the match.[17] His highest score of 153 not out was achieved in the later part of his career, against Zimbabwe, during which he was involved in a record partnership of 275 with Ajay Jadeja.[e] Azharuddin made scores between 90 and 99 seven times during his ODI career.[19]
- ^ a b "Azharuddin's laid-back talent". BBC Sport. 5 December 2000. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "India: Player Profiles – Mohammad Azharuddin (captain)". BBC. 16 April 1999. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Ravindran, Siddarth (3 July 2010). "A decade's worth of scandal". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ a b Premachandran, Dileep. "India / Players / Mohammad Azharuddin / Profile". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Basevi, Travis; Binoy, George (25 February 2009). "The progression of record holders for most wickets and runs in ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Landmark – Azharuddin setting marks in longevity". CNN. 29 May 1999. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Indian Cricket Cricketers of The Year". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Wisden Cricketers of The Year". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Bangladesh delight at Test status". BBC News. 26 June 2000. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Statistics / M Azharuddin / Test matches / away". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Ban on India cricketer Azharuddin overturned". BBC News. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Records / India / Test matches / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "4th ODI: India v New Zealand at Vadodara, Dec 17, 1988. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Partnership records / Highest partnerships for any wicket". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Mohammad Azharuddin – ODI nineties". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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