High voltage drama at HCA meeting: Azharuddin slams cricket body

Mohammad Azharuddin (Photo: Twitter)


Veteran cricketer and former India captain Mohd Azharuddin slammed Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) for not allowing him to attend the Special Body Meeting on Monday.

The meeting, which started in the morning, took place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. Azharuddin was reportedly made to stand outside for an hour. Later, when Azhar protested and said that he once represented the association and had led Indian team, he was allowed to enter.

Just after the meeting was over, the former cricketer raised corruption allegations and expressed his dissatisfaction and demanded that the association should be dissolved.

“Players are lamenting that they have to pay lakhs of money to play matches. You cannot run an organisation on ‘whims and fancies’. This is not somebody’s home; this is an organistaion, which is running from 1932,” he said.

“They made me wait outside for an hour. It was very embarrassing. I am a player from Hyderabad and had been the Indian team captain for 10 years. These people, who are running the organisation know nothing about cricket. They had never held a bat and a ball in their life,” Azhar added.

“If you all support my membership, I promise I will solve your problems,” he said.