Azhar and Ajay Jadeja’s Last International Match, Know Why They Didn’t Appear In Indian Jerseys Again

June 3 is a special day in Indian cricket. Because two former Indian captains played their last international matches on this day. These two legends are Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja. Both of them had to play their last international match on this date. A sudden major event in the career of both of them led to this.

Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja played their last international match against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2000. In this match, the Indian team had to accept defeat by Pakistan by 44 runs. About six months after the match ended, former South Africa captain Hansi Cronje made some revelations about match-fixing, in which the names of Azharuddin and Jadeja came forward. After these two cases came to light, the BCCI took drastic action and the two players were never seen playing for India again.

Former team captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life by the BCCI in the match-fixing case. On the other hand, Jadeja was banned from all forms of cricket for 5 years. The match against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2000 was the last international match for Azharuddin and Jadeja. Meanwhile, in this match between the two teams, Pakistan scored 295 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs when they batted first. In reply, the Indian team could manage only 251 runs. Azharuddin scored 1 and Jadeja scored 93 runs.

Ajay Jadeja is known as a stormy batsman
Ajay Jadeja was known for his explosive batting in the field. At the international level, he scored 576 runs in 15 Test matches with 4 centuries. He has scored 5359 runs in 196 matches in ODI cricket. It includes 6 centuries and 30 fifties. His wash of Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis in the 1996 World Cup is still remembered by many. Jadeja had beaten Younis for 22 runs in 6 balls of the over. In this innings, 45 runs came from his bat in 25 balls.

Quality shots by Mohammad Azharuddin
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was always known for playing quality shots. Fans still remember his flip shot. In his international career, Azharuddin has scored 6215 runs in 99 Test matches. He has scored 22 centuries and 21 fifties. He has scored 9378 runs in 334 ODIs. Azharuddin has 7 centuries and 58 fifties to his name in ODI cricket. Azharuddin made his international cricket debut by playing a Test match against England in 1985 in the city of Kolkata. He scored three consecutive centuries in the debut series. Even today this record is intact.
(The story of Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja’s last international match)

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