Kirti Azad
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2 January 1959 Purnea, Bihar, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976–1994 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad 
pronunciation (help·info) (born 2 January 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 being part of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.[1]
Kirti Azad also played a memorable innings against Pakistan in 1983 at New Delhi, in an exhibition day/night match. Pakistan batted first and made 197 runs for 3 wickets in 50 overs with Kirti Azad taking all 3 wickets. In India's reply, Kirti scored a rapid 71 not-out and steered India to a one-wicket victory. He hit seven sixes, including three consecutive sixes off Pakistani medium pacer Jalaluddin.[2]
Kirti Azad is married to Poonam and has two sons.[3] Both his sons, Surya Azad and Somya Azad, have played national level cricket for Delhi.[4][5]
Politics
Later he followed his father Bhagwat Jha Azad, former Chief Minister of Bihar,[6] into politics and was elected to Parliament on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Darbhanga, Bihar. He is currently serving his second term in the Lok Sabha. He was previously an MLA from Delhi's Gole Market constituency.[7]
Views on IPL
Following a sting operation on players of Indian Premier League in 2012, Azad came out in opposition of the tournament and demanded for it to be banned.[8] He talking about Indian t20 team and zaheer khan,all players play for only money not for country.Kirti Azad said he felt really agitated and ashamed that he is associated with BCCI in the wake of IPL Controversey.
External links
References
- ↑ "Kirti Azad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ "Kirti Azad". Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ↑ "Detailed Profile: Shri Kirti (Jha) Azad". National Portal of India. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ "Surya Azad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ "Somyavardhan Azad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 Sep 2012.
- ↑ http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=25
- ↑ "A veteran-newcomer fight at Gole Market". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ PTI (20 May 2012). "Kirti Azad begins hunger fast against IPL". IBNLive. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
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