Successful political debut for Azhar

Mohammad Azharuddin, the former Indian captain, has become a Member of Parliament after winning on a Congress ticket. The Indian Express' Kunal Pradhan met him during his campaign in Moradabad in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

As we started chatting in the next room, away from the local netas who had assembled to help chart out his campaign, it was clear that Azharuddin was seeking more than an election to the lower house of Parliament. It was his last attempt at redemption, at finally putting the match-fixing nightmare behind him by seeking acceptance from the people he had once wowed with his finesse at the crease.