kirti azad Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
kirti azad is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad
Born
January 02, 1959, Purnea, Bihar
Age
64 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 7 | 25 | - | - |
Inn | 12 | 21 | - | - |
Runs | 135 | 269 | - | - |
Avg | 11.25 | 14.16 | - | - |
SR | 44.55 | 67.25 | - | - |
HS | 24 | 39 | - | - |
NO | 0 | 2 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 13 | 19 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 9 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 7 | 25 | - | - |
Inn | 10 | 11 | - | - |
Balls | 750 | 390 | - | - |
Runs | 373 | 273 | - | - |
Wkt | 3 | 7 | - | - |
BBI | 84 / 2 | 48 / 2 | - | - |
BBM | 106 / 2 | 48 / 2 | - | - |
Eco | 2.98 | 4.2 | - | - |
Avg | 124.33 | 39.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Delhi
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
A surprise selection when he was first picked for India's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1980/81, he made his ODI debut against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Benson & Hedges World Series Cup. He scored just 4 runs in that game.
He made his Test debut against New Zealand in Wellington. He scored 20 and 16 in the match as India lost the game by 62 runs. He played the first three Tests of the 6-match series during England's tour of India in 1981/82. However, he scored a total of 71 runs in 4 innings and was dropped from the side.
He was then selected for the 1983 World Cup, the most memorable aspect of his international career. His finest moment in the tournament came against England in the semi-final. He bowled a very tidy spell and picked the all important wicket of Ian Botham as India went on to win the game by 6 wickets.
In an exhibition game against Pakistan in 1983 in Delhi, the visitors made 197/3 in their 50 overs, with Azad picking up all the three wickets to fall. When India came out to bat, he scored an aggressive 71 not out to guide India to a thrilling one-wicket win. He smashed 7 sixes during his knock, including 3 successive sixes off medium pacer Jalaluddin.
He played three more Tests, one against Pakistan and two against the West Indies. He only made 28 runs in those 6 innings and was dropped from the Test team. He did play ODI cricket for one more year before he was omitted from the limited-overs team as well. In 1986, he was picked for Austral-Asia Cup but failed to achieve anything noticeable. After India lost the final to Pakistan by a solitary wicket, he was left out.
Despite not tasting success at the international level, Kirti Azad remained a pillar of strength for Delhi cricket. In 95 Ranji games, he gathered 4867 runs at an average of 47.72. In addition, he took 162 wickets, averaging 28.91. His highest first-class score of 215 came against Himachal Pradesh in 1985/86.
Like his father, he also entered politics and is currently serving his third term in the Lok Sabha. He is the Member of Parliament from Darbhanga, Bihar. Previously, he was an MLA from the Gole Market constituency in Delhi.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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