The original Kolkata charmer
Twenty five years since Mohammad Azharuddin made a hundred on Test debut at Eden Gardens, Mudar Patherya looks back at the event, and the two successive tons that followed, in Mid Day .
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
Twenty five years since Mohammad Azharuddin made a hundred on Test debut at Eden Gardens, Mudar Patherya looks back at the event, and the two successive tons that followed, in Mid Day.
A hundred in your first Test. A hundred in your second Test. A hundred in your third Test. The English media uncorked the vintage. Not just about the quantum, but the quality. Robin Marlar predicted greatness based on just one Azhar stroke. Pocock to Azhar. A little outside the leg stump. Azhar hit the ball behind the wicket-keeper. Most would have done so with a horizontal or angled bat. Azhar did so with a straight one, bringing his bat down and into his body at the last instant. "I have often been asked to describe perfection in sport. This is it."
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo