Mohammad Azharuddin is a former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was an elegant right-handed batsman and usually batted at five in Test cricket. He was allegedly involved in a match-fixing scandal but was not proven guilty in court of law.

In his prime, he had a graceful, fluid batting style, comparable to that of his English contemporary, David Gower. The wrist flick was his most characteristic shot and he fared best against spinners. The grace and fluidity of his wrist once prompted John Woodcock, a noted cricket writer, to say, \"It\'s no use asking an Englishman to bat like Mohammad Azharuddin. For, it would be like expecting a greyhound to win the London Derby!\"

Azhar, as he is popularly known, grew up in Hyderabad and attended a catholic convent boys school All Saints High School. Hyderabad and Indian cricketers such as Venkatapathy Raju and Noel David have also attended the same school.

He scored a total of 22 centuries in Test cricket at ... more