Abdul Azeem, former Hyderabad cricketer and one of many most interesting openers within the home circuit, handed away right here on Tuesday. He was on dialysis for fairly a while. He was 62 and is survived by his spouse and two daughters.
Widely acknowledged as a type of early batters within the 80s and 90s who redefined the perspective of an opener with blazing knocks akin to the T20 innings of the up to date period, Azeem needed to his credit score a triple century towards Tamil Nadu within the 1986 Ranji season.
A gentleman cricketer who by no means compromised with the foundations of the sport and off the sphere as was evident when he as soon as stop the HCA selector’s submit when he felt the procedures weren’t being adopted in choosing the State squads.
Azeem was all the time an affable character, giving loads of enjoyable moments to his pals and fellow cricketers and was additionally the coach of the Hyderabad Ranji crew with Noel David as his deputy.
In a profession spanning 73 first-class video games between 1980-95, the dashing opener scored 12 centuries and 18 fifties.
Former BCCI president N. Shivlal Yadav instructed Sportstar that it was a horrible loss to him personally.
“Azeem was such a brilliant cricketer who never got his due at the highest level. A very sincere player who always played for the team’s cause. It is a huge loss to Hyderabad cricket,” he stated.
Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin, former Test stars Arshad Ayub, former HCA secretaries Seshadri Venkateshwaran, Ok. John Manoj and ex-Ranji cricketer and Azeem’s teammate Vanka Pratap additionally expressed shock even whereas recalling Azeem’s contribution to cricket.
In figures: Abdul Azeem: 73 first-class matches, 4644 runs, 43.40 avg, 12×100 and 18x50s, HS 303*
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com