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Azharuddin elected president of Hyderabad Cricket Association

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was on Friday elected President of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). | Photo Credit: V.V. Subrahmanyam
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was on Friday elected President of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). | Photo Credit: V.V. Subrahmanyam

The stylish batsman of yesteryears polled 173 votes while his opponent Prakash Chand Jain got 73 votes.

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was not only elected president of Hyderabad Cricket  Association on Friday but also led his team to a clean sweep in the elections held at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday.

Azhar polled 147 votes compared to his nearest rival Prakash Chand Jain’s 73.

A delighted Azhar, in a chat with The Hindu, said: “I sincerely thank all those who supported me and also my panel members in this election. They have done their job and the onus is on us to implement each and every promise we made before the election.”

“My top priority is to improve cricket and the welfare of the players. As a player I am aware what exactly the players look for from the Association and I promise them that I will not disappoint them,” Azhar said.

“Yes, this huge win is a big responsibility on me and I make it clear that I will take everyone with me, as the intention of the majority of the members is to revive the old glory of Hyderabad cricket,” he said.

“I promise that we will not be confined to mere promising but will deliver the goods. You will all see the change in how the HCA will be run in the coming days. I have always believed that a cricket association has to be run in a professional manner and not like a personal fiefdom of a few. I assure everyone that a new phase of cricket administration will be ushered in in HCA,” Azhar concluded.

The HCA office-bearers:

President: Mohd. Azharuddin; Vice-president: K. John Manoj; Secretary: R. Vijayanand; Joint-secretary: Naresh Sharma; Treasurer: Surinder Kumar Agarwal; Councillor: P. Anuradha.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Cricket / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – September 27th, 2019

Mohd Azharuddin appointed as working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

Former Indian cricket captain and former MP from Moradabad, Mohd. Azharuddin has been appointed as the working president of Telanagana Pradesh Congress Committee.

He will be the fourth working president and appointed ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections. However, he is associated with the party’s ongoing electoral campaign.

Mr. Azharuddin, who is keen on contesting from Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency, said if the party wishes he won’t mind contesting from any other constituency in Telangana.

Speaking to media in Hyderabad after his appointment, Mr. Azaharuddin demanded an apology from Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for “intimidating” a person who questioned him on the unfulfilled promise of 12% reservations to Muslims. He said Mr. Rao should have answered the question instead of intimidating the person who posed it.

Mr. Azharuddin said he was not here to “get something from politics but give back something to the society” after playing cricket for the country for a long time.

Mr. Azharuddin predicted that the People’s front of Congress, TTDP, CPU and Telamgana Jana Samithi will romp home easily and asked people to vote for the alliance.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Telangana / by R. Ravikanth Reddy / Hyderabad – November 30th, 2018

Azharuddin, the evergreen legend in nostalgic mode

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

“Do you know I can read and write Telugu fluently? I can write the script as good as anyone else. I had a tuition teacher for my Telugu language,’’ Azharuddin said.

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The magic, mystery and awe were unmistakable as Mohammad Azharuddin strolled into the Telangana Today newsroom on Tuesday evening. The white T-shirt with the collar up and light blue denims marked the legend’s customary style well-known to his lakhs of fans. Many journalists — some with generous amount of grey and some others much younger — greeted him with eager enthusiasm, bringing alive memories of his incredible batting many years ago.

The former Indian cricket team skipper went down memory lane with the effortless ease which he displayed in the wrist-flicks in his prime. Reminiscing his Vittawaldi days, he recalled those glorious times as an upcoming cricketer. “Do you know I can read and write Telugu fluently? I can write the script as good as anyone else. I had a tuition teacher for my Telugu language,’’ he said.

Azharuddin continued: “I miss those golden days. The roads were empty. It was easy to drive. But, now the traffic is so chaotic. Basically, the people are not disciplined. If told, they would disagree with you.’’

The former stylish cricketer said there could have been a better planning while constructing the metro rail. “It is in the middle of the road and the pillars are very dangerous. If you see in other countries, the metros are positioned to a side, away from the motor roads. It looks scary here.’’

He also revealed his love for the bikes. “I always liked ‘Jawa’, particularly the red ones. It had a royal look. We had a few in and around our streets in Himmayatnagar. Those days owning a Jawa or Yezdi was a big thing.’’

Going to his younger days as cricketer, he said he first played for Deccan Club. “I think I joined in 1977. I remember playing on the bumpy outfields of Parade grounds. It was horrific. We usually played without helmets. But it was enjoyable and there was a lot of camaraderie. I learnt my game from this ground. At times, it was challenging.’’

Azhar said he always enjoyed fielding. ”Somehow, fielding came naturally to me. I would attack the ball. We should be focused and should not shy away from the ball. You know, if a fielder is scared, the ball will chase you. I never flinched from hard work and I used to make it a point to put in extra hours in my training session for fielding.’’

In a lighter vein, he even cited the example of Indian women fielding better than their male counterparts. “In Champions Trophy, our fielders missed some easy run outs while the women ran out six batters in the World Cup,’’ he made a tongue-in-cheek statement.

source: http://www.telanganatoday.com/ Telangana Today / Home> Sport / by N Jagannath Das / July 05th, 2017

Abdul Hai takes a trip down memory lane

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PIONEERING FEAT: Mohammed Abdul Hai entered the record books in 1973-74 as the first century-make in Deodhar Trophy. / The Hindu Photo Archives
PIONEERING FEAT: Mohammed Abdul Hai entered the record books in 1973-74 as the first century-make in Deodhar Trophy. / The Hindu
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Mohammed Abdul Hai became the country’s first century-maker in the earliest avatar of abridged cricket, introduced through the Deodhar Trophy in 1973-74.

“The first doctor to play for India was my dream, but that was not to be,” the general physician settled in Michigan sighed wistfully, when reminiscing with The Hindu.

“There was a fairly large turnout at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium for the 1974-75 quarterfinal in Chennai,” continued Hai. For taking on North Zone was a star-studded South, led by S. Venkatraghavan.

Legends lined up were M.A.K. Pataudi, G.R. Viswanath, Abid Ali, Jayantilal Kenia and E.A.S. Prasanna, all of them Test players, three of whom were Hai’s Hyderabad Ranji teammates.

A consistent scorer in the event’s opening edition a year before and having played for Brondesbury CC alongside Mike Gatting in the Middlesex league, Hai felt equipped for the 60-overs-a-side challenge. With one opener gone for no score, the stylish southpaw walked in and began scoring at a brisk pace.

“Raj Singh Dungarpur’s eyes widened with amazement at what was then an astonishing rate — four runs an over — as also on South ‘amassing’ 248 for nine,” Hai recalled, his endeavour ending at 101, castled by Madan Lal.

Hai also played in Prof. D.B. Deodhar’s benefit match in Pune, the patriarch’s hometown.

He was offered an opportunity to play in/for Pakistan by Asif Iqbal, a senior at Hyderabad’s Nizam College.

The college’s alumni includes two India captains — Ghulam Ahmed and Mohd. Azharuddin — Test players M.L. Jaisimha, Abbas Ali Baig and Jayantilal Kenia besides Habeeb Ahmed, who led the Indian Starlets to the aforementioned nation.

“A decade after the Deodhar Trophy began, India clinched the Prudential World Cup in 1983, thus making the nation a cricket super power,” noted Prof. A. Prasanna Kumar, a Fulbright Fellow, sports columnist and author.

“If the sport’s reign was divided into eras, the 1970s belonged to Sunil Gavaskar, the ’80s to Kapil Dev, the ’90s to Sachin Tendulkar and thereon to M.S. Dhoni. Much credit is due to the limited-over version named after the Grand Old Man,” added Prasanna Kumar, who was a commentator during Visakhapatnam’s first One-Day International between New Zealand and India in 1988.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sports / by A. Joseph / Visakhapatnam – March 22nd, 2014