Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was allegedly made to wait for an hour outside, as Hyderabad Cricket Association’s Special General Meeting (SGM) held on Sunday. Only after the intervention of the Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao, he was allowed to enter the venue.
As the meeting concluded, an angry Azhar blasted the governing body.
“Players are lamenting that they have to pay lakhs of money to play matches. You cannot run an organisation on ‘whims and fancies’. This is not somebody’s home; this is an organisation, which is running from 1932.
“They made me wait outside for an hour. It was very embarrassing. I am a player from Hyderabad and had been the Indian team captain for ten years. These people, who are running the organisation know nothing about cricket. They had never held a bat and a ball in their life” he added.
“If you all support my membership, I promise I will solve your problems,” he added.
Azhar played 99 Tests and 334 ODIs for India.
