July 28, 1990. In a Test made immortal by Graham Gooch’s 333 and 123 and Kapil Dev’s four consecutive sixes, the magical element was supplied by the sublime brilliance of Mohammad Azharuddin. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the 121 he scored at Lord’s, the strokes of which live on in the happiest recesses of cricketing memory.
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March 31, 1997. India needed 120 for a win at Barbados with all 10 wickets in hand. They lost the last 8 wickets for 49 runs to be all out for 81. Arunabha Sengupta recounts the day when furious pace on a dodgy wicket led to a heart-breaking defeat.
Read MoreMohammed Azharuddin's third hundred on the trot
On February 1, 1985, Mohammad Azharuddin turned a ball to square-leg to reach his third century on the trot since debut. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the fabulous start to his cricketing career.
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