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Indian cricket's worst hour

Fans burning the effigies and photos of Jadeja and Azhar

In 2000, the Delhi police intercepted a telephonic conversation between a bookie and the South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje from which they came to a conclusion that Cronje accepted money to throw matches.

Cronje was banned immediately and when he was investigated, he admitted to the offence and named Pakistan's Saleem Malik, then Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin and batsman Ajay Jadeja.

This controversy created a headache in the Indian cricket fraternity and the board banned Azhar for life and handed Jadeja a five-year ban.

This period was described by the BBC as "the Indian cricket's worst hour" as the Indian team was left with no proper direction going into the future. Players started doubting their teammates and there was no one to lead the team.

Fortunately, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly made sure took Indian cricket out of the dark times. All the senior players put aside their egos and personal ambitions to let Ganguly captain the team and lead them into a new era and as they say, the rest is history.