Kirti Azad

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Kirti Azad India (Ind)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	7	25
Runs scored	135	269
Batting average	11.25	14.15
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	24	39*
Balls bowled	750	390
Wickets	3	7
Bowling average	124.33	39.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	2/84	2/48
Catches/stumpings	3/-	7/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad pronunciation (help·info) (born January 2, 1959, Purnea, Bihar) is a former Indian cricketer who played in seven Tests and 25 ODIs from 1980 to 1986. He attended Modern School in Delhi where he was part of the school cricket team. The highlight of his career was the Indian victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Kirti Azad played a memorable innings against Pakistan in December, 1984 at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, in an exhibition match. This was the first ever day/night match, played under artificial lights. Pakistan batted first and made 197 runs from 50 overs. In India's reply, Kirti scored a rapid 71 not-out and steered India to a one wicket victory. He scored many sixes in the knock, the most memorable over being where he hit Pakistani medium pacer Jalaluddin for three consecutive sixes.

After his playing career, Kirti briefly turned his hand to broadcasting in English for television, but initially failed to break in, where other ex-Test cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Arun Lal and others had succeeded. However, in recent times, Kirti has found his niche in compéring post match television cricket chat shows in Hindi, expressing his own opinions in a forthright and sometimes controversial manner, particularly when advocating for player selection.

Persondata
NAME	Azad, Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Azad, Kirti
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Purnea, Bihar
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

	India squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Kapil Dev | 2 Gavaskar | 3 Srikkanth | 4 Vengsarkar | 5 Patil | 6 Amarnath | 7 Yashpal | 8 Binny | 9 Madan Lal | 10 Kirmani | 11 Azad | 12 Sandhu | 13 Shastri | 14 Valson | 15 None | Coach: Unknown