Mohammed Azharuddin

Former Indian cricket team captain and Congress leader Mohammed Azharuddin Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, official sources said. The federal agency will question him and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said. The 61-year-old former Member of Parliament was asked to first depose before the agency at its office here on Fateh Maidan Road on October 3 but he sought a fresh date and was hence summoned on October 8. The probe is related to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in which the ED had conducted searches in November last year. Azharuddin's role during his tenure as the HCA president is under the scanner of the agency, the sources had said. There was no immediate response from the former Indian skipper, who unsuccessfully contested the assembly polls held

A retiring legend was devastated, an enormously talented spinner never fully found his mojo back, an inspirational captain lost his hot seat while a 14-year-old watching everything from the Wankhede stadium's boundary line must have made a pledge to himself that one day his script will be different from theirs. The teenager was of course Sachin Tendulkar and the devastated legend was Sunil Gavaskar, who had already announced his retirement and never played for India after India lost that World Cup semifinal against England in 1987. Maninder Singh, a world class left-arm spinner, was never the same bowler after that game. Kapil Dev lost his captaincy, one last time. Wankhede Stadium in 1987 was an amphitheatre that had absorbed the trials and tribulations of a very good Indian team. Graham Gooch, the English vice-captain swept his way to 115 and England didn't look back. On that day, no one envisaged that anything could go wrong for the Indian team. But Murphy's Law hit the Indian

Mohammed Azharuddin has approached the Malkajgiri Court seeking bail in all four cases registered against him

As IPL teams have started to leave for the UAE, former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin expressed his happiness on the Indian Premier League T20 carnival returning nevertheless in the Gulf nation

Azharuddin dismissed the allegation as 'baseless', and said he will take legal action against the complainant, Mohammed Shahab

His dues can be up to a few crore rupees