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Mohammad Azharuddin is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the Indian cricket team .. Mohammad Azharuddin. Mohammad Azharuddin. cricket. cricket. Indian cricket team. Indian cricket team. Indian cricket. History of the Indian cricket team. Considered to be one of the greatest batsman to emerge from Indian cricket , he was well known for his `` wristy strokeplay '' .. cricket. cricket. batsman. batsman. Indian cricket. History of the Indian cricket team. A right-handed middle order batsman , Azharuddin scored 29 international centuries before the Board of Control for Cricket in India -LRB- BCCI -RRB- accused him of match-fixing in 2000 , which marked the end of his cricket career .. cricket. cricket. batsman. batsman. middle order. middle order. centuries. Century ( cricket ). Board of Control for Cricket in India. Board of Control for Cricket in India. match-fixing. Match fixing. In a career that spanned 15 years , he played 99 Tests and 334 One Day Internationals -LRB- ODI -RRB- accumulating 6,215 and 9,378 runs respectively .. Tests. Test cricket. runs. Run ( cricket ). Azharuddin was the first cricketer to score 9,000 runs in ODI cricket and remained the leading run-scorer until October 2000 .. cricket. cricket. runs. Run ( cricket ). He was named the `` Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year '' before being included by Wisden as one of their five Cricketers of the Year in 1991 .. Indian Cricket. Indian Cricket ( annual ). Wisden. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. five Cricketers of the Year. Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Azharuddin made his Test and ODI debuts during England 's 1984 -- 85 tour of India .. In Tests , he made centuries against all nations except West Indies and Zimbabwe .. centuries. Century ( cricket ). Tests. Test cricket. West Indies. West Indies cricket team. Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe national cricket team. In his first Test appearance Azharuddin made 110 , thus becoming the eighth Indian player to score a century on debut .. eighth Indian player to score a century on debut. List of Test cricket centuries scored on debut. With scores of 105 and 122 in the subsequent matches of the series , he became the first player to score a century in each of his first three Tests .. Tests. Test cricket. Azharuddin equalled the record of Kapil Dev for the fastest century by an Indian in Test cricket , when he scored a century from 74 balls against South Africa in 1996 .. cricket. cricket. Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev. balls. Delivery ( cricket ). South Africa. South Africa national cricket team. His highest score of 199 came against Sri Lanka at Kanpur in 1986 .. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka cricket team. Kanpur. Kanpur. Azharuddin 's 22 Test centuries were made at fifteen cricket grounds , nine of which were outside India .. cricket. cricket. centuries. Century ( cricket ). He scored a century in his last Test innings -- against South Africa -- in March 2000 .. South Africa. South Africa national cricket team. As of , he is joint twenty-fifth among all-time century makers in Test cricket , and fifth in the equivalent list for India .. cricket. cricket. Azharuddin 's first ODI century came two years after his debut when he made 108 against Sri Lanka .. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka cricket team. In 1987 , he scored a 62-ball century against New Zealand at the Moti Bagh Stadium , Vadodara ; the performance ensured India 's victory and he was made the man of the match .. New Zealand. New Zealand national cricket team. Moti Bagh Stadium. Moti Bagh Stadium. Vadodara. Vadodara. man of the match. man of the match. His highest score of 153 not out was achieved in the later part of his career , against Zimbabwe , during which he was involved in a record partnership of 275 with Ajay Jadeja .. Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe national cricket team. not out. Not out ( cricket ). Ajay Jadeja. Ajay Jadeja. Azharuddin made scores between 90 and 99 seven times during his ODI career .