vamos_rafa Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Mohammed Azharuddin used to be as soft with his words as he was with his sublime strokes. But in a recent interview to a magazine, the former Indian cricket captain had something trenchant to say on some issues. Most surprisingly, he made some caustic remarks about, of all people, Sachin Tendulkar. Azhar and Tendulkar played many a game for India together and also under each other's captaincy. When asked why didn't Tendulkar succeed as a Captain, Azhar brushed aside the query by saying, "I don't want to talk about him. There are some people I just don't want to talk about." When reminded of reports which claimed he did not support Tendulkar when the latter was captain, he remarked, "Not true. Check the statistics. When he was captain, I scored more runs than anyone else on the team, in both forms of the game." Azhar reportedly replied, adding, "Tendulkar didn't have it in him to succeed as captain." Queried on whether he watches ex-colleagues Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid bat, Azhar, now a Congress MP, answered in the negative. "I like to see Laxman. He is a very positive player." The stylish batsman was quoted as saying that he was not in touch with any of his teammates. "I am not in touch with anybody. I have a different life now. And I thank the almighty Allah for giving me that patience. I am a very patient person, because patience always pays in any walk of life." Azhar added, "The only cricketer I met after I stopped playing was Kapil paaji. I like the way he respects people." Azhar, who was banned for his alleged role in the match-fixing scandal in 2000, believes he could have played for a few more years. "I was playing well. I was quite fit as well. In that team, when they did the fitness test, I was better than some of the younger players. I got 100 runs in the last Test match." Azhar told the GQ magazine, adding, "You have to fall back on destiny. I was only destined to play 99 Tests." In the candid interview, Azhar also recalled how his maternal uncle helped him get into cricket. "Whatever I have learnt, I learnt from my maternal uncle. I didn't have any other ambitions; I was not a good student. Once I realized I had a little bit of skill in the game, I really wanted to succeed. My family fully supported me. In fact, when I used to play, my grandfather would write essays for my exams." The Hyderabadi, whose wristy strokeplay was talked about across the cricketing world, revealed that he himself had no idea about him being a 'wristy' player till he read about it in the media. "I had no clue about it! Then I realized there's a game called wristy also. I just played my natural game, whatever came to me. Veering towards his personal life, he said 'no comments' when asked if he and Sangeeta Bijlani were still together. And to the query what made a relationship work, Azhar said, "I don't know." Source-> Obviously TOI, where else would you get such masala news?
Jersey #10 Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Cheater with big talks! Who cares what he thinks after knowing how he sold the country and fixed three games back to back. and stop f'ing with Sachin's brain just before the big event (wc11) he probably got paid for saying shyt about sachin
vamos_rafa Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 Cheater with big talks! Who cares what he thinks after knowing how he sold the country and fixed three games back to back. and stop f'ing with Sachin's brain just before the big event (wc11) he probably got paid for saying shyt about sachin Agreed. But I sometimes wonder what's b/w the 2. Both of them just dont want to comment anything about each other.
Watson87 Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Man, he's still a player, he stole Sangeeta Bijlani from Salman Khan, gotta give him some credit.
pensionplan Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Azhar added, "The only cricketer I met after I stopped playing was Kapil paaji. I like the way he respects people." Good to know that.
pensionplan Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 and stop f'ing with Sachin's brain just before the big event (wc11) he probably got paid for saying shyt about sachinU a Sachin fan. If you are one then you should be ashamed of yourself. If you consider these are the sort of things that matter or play on his psyche then you know jack **** about Sachin or the game in general. Same of the fanboys I tell you snap at every little thing said about SRT.
pensionplan Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 When reminded of reports which claimed he did not support Tendulkar when the latter was captain, he remarked, "Not true. Check the statistics. When he was captain, I scored more runs than anyone else on the team, in both forms of the game." Azhar reportedly repliedLOL. Azhar playing the stats cards. Looks like Azhar is lurking around a lot of cricket forums after his playing days. No wonder he is not in touch with any of the players.
Sachin=GOD Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 U a Sachin fan. If you are one then you should be ashamed of yourself. If you consider these are the sort of things that matter or play on his psyche then you know jack **** about Sachin or the game in general. Same of the fanboys I tell you snap at every little thing said about SRT. and you know everything about the game and also about Goddy :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
jaggadaku Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Full interview Uploaded with ImageShack.us Try the HQ ones, if problem reading
Hindustani Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 @jaggadaku - nice work, where are the thumbsup option ?
Sir_Afridi Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Azhar didnt said anything wrong about Sachin there.
DomainK Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Azharuddin was a successful captain of his time (compared to his predecessors) and Sachin Tendulkar played a key role in Azhar's success as a captain. From what I remember, the two even shared a good friendship. But it's understandable that the fixing controversy has created a gap between the two and it's good that most of our cricketers maintained a distance fromAzhar after that.
Clarke Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 U a Sachin fan. If you are one then you should be ashamed of yourself. If you consider these are the sort of things that matter or play on his psyche then you know jack **** about Sachin or the game in general. Same of the fanboys I tell you snap at every little thing said about SRT. :haha: Somewhat true though, who cares what Azhar/Bedi/Manjrekar think of SRT ..
Hindustani Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 certainly overblown, next story please ...
Sachin=GOD Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 I have been dragged into Sachin controversy: Azharuddin NEW DELHI: Former India skipper Mohammed Azharuddin on Wednesday lashed out at the media for dragging him into an unnecessary controversy on the basis of some "insignificant" comments, but stood by his opinion that Sachin Tendulkar did not have it in him to succeed as a captain. Azharuddin said it was not only him but "millions" of people who do not consider Tendulkar a good captain. "If I don't consider Sachin as a good captain then there are millions who too have their reservations on the issue. Sachin himself hasn't sought the captaincy since he left it a decade ago. Why when Azharuddin says it becomes such a big issue. Is it because I keep to myself and don't like shouting from the rooftop?" asked Azharuddin. "I see myself being dragged into a controversy. I can see my plain and simple approach to life has again opened me up to motivated attacks. People are looking for hidden meanings where there is none. " ... leave inane comments as it actually are -- just inane and certainly not worthy of a controversy," he said, while reacting to reports which suggested that he and Tendulkar did not get along well during their playing days. The controversial former captain also said that he has not kept track of his former team-mates, including Tendulkar, as he has other things to do in life and he did not want to pretend that he was too much involved with the game. "Consider the facts. If Sachin and I haven't kept up to each other it isn't an earth-shattering news. After all, so many associations and relationships do drift apart after a while. It happens within a family. It isn't as if I alone am to be blamed for it," he reasoned. "The same is true for other former colleagues. I have moved on in life and have they done. We are busy with our lives. Why do we have to keep up the pretence? Cricket was a splendid chapter of my life; indeed it made me what I am today. However cricket alone isn't the only flavour of life. Sometimes indeed we tend to take sports too seriously and life too casually," he said. Azharuddin, who retired in 2000 after 15 years of international cricket, said he has had his share of glory and limelight as player and captain of Indian cricket team and he is now happy to pursue a political career. "All these years, I haven't hankered for attention and publicity. My cricket days are over and I am happy attending to my constituency and campaigning for Congress Party. I don't say or do things to attract publicity. I have had my fill of fame and attention -- 99 Tests and 334 one-dayers; 47 Tests and 174 one-day matches as captain. And incidentally I won more matches than I lost as skipper in both formats of game. "It isn't to say I don't follow the game. I feel India has an excellent chance in this World Cup. I rate (MS) Dhoni high and find the team to have an unusually good balance. They need to just keep their wits about since it's a long campaign. "It is easy for younger men to drift away too easily or being too worried about their forms and runs. They have the talent and class and conditions are familiar. If they trust their ability, India could go far. Let the spotlight be on cricketing action," he said. Link
Jersey #10 Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 U a Sachin fan. If you are one then you should be ashamed of yourself. If you consider these are the sort of things that matter or play on his psyche then you know jack **** about Sachin or the game in general. Same of the fanboys I tell you snap at every little thing said about SRT. How the fark do you know what's going on in Sachin's brain? Stop acting as if you know everything about cricket because then you make your own self look like a douche bag. A billion expectations from the fans can be a lot different than hearing your former captain and team mate talk shyt about you.
vvvslaxman Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Man' date=' he's still a player, he stole Sangeeta Bijlani from Salman Khan, gotta give him some credit.[/quote'] Now he is ditching Sangeetha for another sports girl.
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