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Mohammad Azharuddin was on the verge of being banned

Azharuddin has since seen a movie made on his eventful life

Hyderabad-born Mohammad Azharuddin, who became the first batsman in the history of the game to score three centuries on his test debut, was India’s most successful captain in the long format of the game. In 1999, he had only recently lost the skipper’s role to teammate Sachin Tendulkar, and in the span of 8 months, his life would be turned on its head.

In the months immediately after the end of 1999, it would be revealed that Azharuddin had been heavily involved in a widespread match-fixing scandal that saw serious, and deep, associations with Mumbai’s underworld.

An eponymously titled film has since been released on the wristy cricketer’s life, chronicling his game and most significantly, the match-fixing experiences that would underline and mar what was an otherwise successful career from a talented batsman.