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Kirti Azad. Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad ( pronunciation ⓘ; born 2 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who played seven Test matches and 25 One Day International for the India national cricket team between 1980 and 1986. Azad was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup .
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 ...
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 ...
Jun 6, 2024 · Kirti Azad: Mamata Banerjee gave me new political life, will fight for my constituency. A member for the 1983 World Cup-winning India team, Kirti Azad was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Burdwan-Durgapur constituency in West Bengal in the 2024 general election. Kirti Azad could always measure his opponents on 22 yards, but on the political ...
Mar 13, 2024 · His father Bhagwat Jha Azad was a Congress leader, who became an MP in 1952 at the age of 26. In 2019, Kirti Azad, who spent 26 years in the BJP, unsuccessfully contested the Dhanbad Lok Sabha ...
Jan 2, 2015 · Kirti Azad, born on January 2, 1959, was an all-rounder who played seven Tests and 25 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for India in the 1980s. Azad is best remembered for being a part of India’s ...
Jun 6, 2024 · A day after defeating BJP heavyweight Dilip Ghosh by a margin of 1.38 lakh votes in Bardhaman–Durgapur, 1983 World Cup winner Kirti Azad — representing the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) — said that him being a World Cup winner does strike a chord with the voters though the famous win at Lord’s came over 40 years ago.
