Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin faced an embarrassing situation on Sunday when he was allegedly made to stand outside the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium during a Special Body Meeting held by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA).
The meeting started on Sunday and Azharuddin had to point out that he is a former Indian captain and has once represented the association before getting an entry.
However once the meeting concluded he lashed out at the HCA. He raised corruption allegations against the members and pointed out that there are members who have never touched a bat or ball and are running the association on ‘whims and fancies’.
The former captain said, “Players are lamenting that they have to pay lakhs of money to play matches. You cannot run an organisation on ‘whims and fancies’. This is not somebody’s home; this is an organisation, which is running from 1932,”
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He further asked members to support him, “If you all support my membership, I promise I will solve your problems,”
Azhar said, “They made me wait outside for an hour. It was very embarrassing. I am a player from Hyderabad and had been the Indian team captain for ten years. These people, who are running the organisation know nothing about cricket. They had never held a bat and a ball in their life.”
The 54-year-old was banned from cricket for his alleged role in match-fixing before Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the ban on him in 2012.