Indian team when Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made their Test debut - Where are they now?

#5 Mohammad Azharuddin

Azharuddin was the captain of the team

India’s ‘Captain Controversy’ added 16 runs to the tally in this match and before Ganguly took over the reins, he was India’s most successful captain. The flamboyant wristy player’s career was marred with controversies; he was allegedly found guilty of match-fixing and was handed out a life ban in 2000.

On 8 November 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the ban describing it as ‘unsustainable’. He also holds the unique record of being the only player to hit centuries in each of his first three tests.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament from Moradabad constituency on an Indian National Congress party ticket. A supremely talented player who used to bat with his collar up and hit boundaries at will on the legside, unfortunately always managed to court trouble; be it his marriages or the match-fixing allegations. He lost his son in a tragic accident in 2011. Most recently Bollywood attempted a fictionalised biopic, ‘Azhar’ based on his controversial life.