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Full name Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad
Born January 2, 1959, Purnea, Bihar
Current age 49 years 247 days
Major teams India,Delhi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
7
12
0
135
24
11.25
0
0
0
3
0
ODIs
25
21
2
269
39*
14.15
400
67.25
0
0
7
0
First-class
142
182
14
6634
215
39.48
20
27
95
0
List A
72
62
6
1521
94
27.16
0
8
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
7
10
750
373
3
2/84
2/106
124.33
2.98
250.0
0
0
0
ODIs
25
11
390
273
7
2/48
2/48
39.00
4.20
55.7
0
0
0
First-class
142
15420
7190
234
7/63
30.72
2.79
65.8
5
0
List A
72
2086
1374
50
3/16
3/16
27.48
3.95
41.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 21-25, 1981 scorecard
Last Test
India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Nov 12-16, 1983 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 6, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Pakistan at Sharjah, Apr 18, 1986 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1976/77 - 1993/94
List A span
1977/78 - 1992/93
Profile
The son of a Central Minister, Kirti Azad was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a quickish offspinner. A surprise choice for the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1980-81, he made his Test debut at Wellington. He then played three Tests without much success against England in 1981-82 and was then ignored till he was picked for the World Cup in 1983. Azad had his day in the sun when he played a leading part in India winning the semi-final against England, when he
helped bottle up the middle order with his fastish offbreaks and earned a bonus while bowling the dangerous Ian Botham. Back home he played a swashbuckling innings at the Kotla in helping India defeat Pakistan in one of the early day-night games. But he met with little success in three Tests against Pakistan and West Indies and was discarded.
Azad, a nonconformist in many ways, was a stalwart allrounder for Delhi for years and in 95 Ranji Trophy matches he scored 4867 runs (47.72) and took 162 wickets (28.91). His highest score was 215 against Himachal Pradesh in 1985-86. He followed his father into politics and was elected to Parliament on a BJP ticket.
Partab Ramchand June 2008
