Mohammad Azharuddin HCA President??

[putrevus]

This is a disgrace how the heck this guy is allowed to be part of cricket , let alone become HCA president.What the heck is SC doing, what is going on.

 

'I have so much to offer' - Mohammad Azharuddin after becoming new Hyderabad cricket boss.

 

Yes you will teach everyone how to be a crook.

[ShoonyaSifar]

He became a Lok Sabha MP, was on many high power national legislative committees. Has been a regular expert on cricket shows for the last 9-10 years now. His fixing past has been completely whitewashed.

 

BCCI doesn't care as well

[Suhaan]

God bless HCA and Indian cricket

[adi B]

Dont even care about Indian cricket anymore ,only interest is the bowling line up ,nothing else 

[Gollum]

Cornered Azhar plays the communal card

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When Hansie Cronje named Mohammed Azharuddin as the man who introduced him to a bookie called "MK" in Mumbai, the former Indian captain responded swiftly. Azhar spoke to all the pressmen who approached him. Newspapers, magazines, websites, all played the same tune. Although the accusation hardly surprised people back home, the press still gave Azhar his due. "I am looking at it as a disgraced cricketer's desperate bid to deflect attention" said Azhar from his Hyderabad home.

Not much later, Azhar played what could be the very last card he has. Azhar claimed he was being targeted simply because he was from the minority community in India. If that wasn't a desperate bid to deflect attention, one wonders what it was. The cricket stables around the world and in the sub continent especially could do with some serious mucking out. There's no denying that. What Azhar has done however, borders on the unpardonable.

One questioned the intentions behind Prabhakar's secret video taping. One questioned Cronje's intention when he named Saleem Malik and Azharuddin. Today, one has no choice but to question Azharuddin's intentions.

The old adage 'fight like cornered tigers' is something the Indians rarely ever implemented on the field. Off the field, Azhar seems to have understood fully its ramifications. First, the former captain threatened to sue. Sue whom? "All of them", Azhar said in one interview. From former cricketers to web sites to weekly magazines to newspapers to restaurants. Phew. That is a long list. His legal advisor, Mahesh Jethmalani, is also contemplating requesting the Government permission to sue Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, an income tax official.

So his legal advisor guides him on the possible courses of action he can take in the courts. Who advises Azhar about the kind of things he should and should not say to the press? Whose idea was it to unleash the communal discrimination card?

Mohammed Azharuddin has burnt bridges, lost friends and picked up enemies in one sweep. However, strategically, he seems to have pulled some very powerful strings. His allegations would no doubt have struck a strong cord across sections of society in Pakistan and Bangladesh. One cannot rule out the part fundamentalist forces will have to play if the issue gets publicised as one of religious or communal discrimination.

The Union Minister of State for Sports, a Muslim himself, Shahnawaz Hussain took objection to Azhar's statements. "This is highly unfortunate and rubbish. When the entire nation loved him as a cricketer and worshipped him as a hero then the question of communalism was never raised by him. Now that his name is figuring in the wrong list he is coming out with such mean talk," he said, obviously perturbed.

Even the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party could not stay quiet. Party spokesman Venkaiah Naidu came out in strong criticism of the former captain. "For 16 long years he played for the country and the best part as captain. Now, all of a sudden realisation dawns on him that he belongs to a minority community. It is so painful that he is using this card now. Was he not aware that he was a member of the minority community all this while? Did anyone show discrimination? We admired him and his play. He has fallen from the pedestal now. At least for playing the religious card now if not for playing the game the way he did."

There has always been an unhealthy degree of politics in Indian cricket. But this is new. The matchfixing controversy has threatened cricketers so fundamentally that they have resorted to what can only be described as hitting below the belt.

Leafing through the sports pages of a newspaper is getting more and more weary. One opens the pages with trepidation. Half the time one doesn't know which hero would have fallen from grace in the 24 hour period that elapsed. One doesn't know which match would be deemed 'fixed' in retrospect.

Only one thing is clear. This mess is not going away in a hurry.

Mohammed Azharuddin: A look at his links with the underworld

In 1993, just after the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, the city police, much to their surprise, found pictures of Mohammed Azharuddin with blasts accused Tiger Memon.

 

Azhar note reveals his confessions, Abu Salem links

 

Azharuddin confesses all

 

Sorry Bollywood, The Truth About Azhar Lies in His Own Confessions

 

‘Azhar was the kingpin of fixing’, top cop Rakesh Maria once revealed

 

Azharuddin had close line with Tiger Memon

 

 

Congrats @maniac garu, time for Hyderabad cricket to shine. Thoda double ka meetha ho jaye 

[cricketfan28]

All the best, he will bring in good talent hopefully.

[Gollum]

Isliye hamesha bolta hoon ki is desh ka kuch nahi hoga, ek kadam aage toh do kadam peeche. Rot runs deep. Let us see how brave our ex-players are....or whether they have their conscience intact !!!!

Comments like this perhaps?

When GG came under attack from our idiot fans even Manju indirectly supported him

 

Why does someone like Sachin never take a position on that matchfixing era? Doesn't he owe that much at the very least to Indian cricket? He was part of that dark phase, personally suffered because of it. Now he is Bharat Ratna, well reputed, retired, why can't he open his *ing mouth? He can when it comes to helmet videos. 

Another coward that Kapil....

Edited October 1, 2019 by Gollum

[cricketfan28]

22 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Isliye hamesha bolta hoon ki is desh ka kuch nahi hoga, ek kadam aage toh do kadam peeche. Rot runs deep. Let us see how brave our ex-players are....or whether they have their conscience intact !!!!

Comments like this perhaps?

When GG came under attack from our idiot fans even Maju indirectly supported him

 

Why does someone like Sachin never take a position on that matchfixing era? Doesn't he owe that much at the very least to Indian cricket? He was part of that dark phase, personally suffered because of it. Now he is Bharat Ratna, well reputed, retired, why can't he open his *ing mouth? He can when it comes to helmet videos. 

Another coward that Kapil....

Sachin was not good at that and he is smart enough to only do what he is best at.

[Gollum]

7 minutes ago, cricketfan28 said:

Sachin was not good at that and he is smart enough to only do what he is best at.

Not good at having a conscience? Or showing some spine? I think he even skipped the fixing part in his autobiography. He has such a high stature in Indian cricket and society, can't he use his voice to do what is right? 

[jf1gp_1]

BASTARD Traitor .... well done hyd

[TheWall]

Indian cricket has gone into the hands of crooks

[New guy]

Laxman can speak about Pant but not this huh? And sachin dravid all as usual keep quiet 

[nikred]

Proud moment for me as a Hyderabadi.

Couple of Ranji Championship wins on the way. [emoji41]

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[Gollum]

@Laaloo you don't think SRT should speak up? Or should have spoken up? 

[sandsaims]

Sad day for Hyderabad and Indian cricket, this guy is an absolute crook and would go to any extent. His playing the communal card after the match fixing saga is the best example, he only won because the local TRS govt. didnt want the previous lobby to win and made sure this crook wins.

[Laaloo]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

@Laaloo you don't think SRT should speak up? Or should have spoken up? 

Ehh not really sure bro. Maybe he should have maybe he shouldn’t.

[kosingh]

Buy Azhar a Rolex, play for Hyderabad. 

[sourab10forever]

When he can be a MP then why so much noise about this ?

[sourab10forever]

Bigger cheats are running BCCI

What's the big deal about him?

[ShoonyaSifar]

10 minutes ago, sourab10forever said:

When he can be a MP then why so much noise about this ?

Because the whole premise of the CoA being in charge for the last 3 years was supposedly for a 'clean up'. They said there will be no politicians in BCCI but apparently that does not apply to Rajiv Shukla and now Azhar.