The Hyderabad Cricket Affiliation (HCA) Ombudsman has issued an order to take away Mohammed Azharuddin’s identify from the North Pavilion Stand of the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium. The order, handed by former performing chief justice V. Eswraiah, additional states that no tickets ought to be printed with the previous Indian captain’s identify.
The problem dates again to 2019, when Azharuddin was the HCA president. In an Apex Council assembly on November 25 that yr, which was presided over by the 62-year-old, a call was taken to call the North Stand as ‘Azharuddin Stand’, which was then referred to as the V.V.S. Laxman Pavilion.
A grievance was filed on February 28 this yr by city-based outfit Lords Cricket Membership (LCC), one in every of 226 members with the HCA. It acknowledged that the transfer to call the stand after Azharuddin violated the Memorandum of Affiliation and Guidelines & Rules of HCA. It argued that, in response to Rule 38, a member of the Apex Council can not take any determination of their favour.
Azharuddin, nonetheless, has denied all fees of a battle of curiosity and mentioned that he’ll method the Excessive Courtroom difficult the HCA Ombudsman’s order.
“There’s no battle of curiosity on this. I don’t wish to remark, I don’t wish to stoop to this stage. The cricketing world will snigger on the affiliation. 17 years of cricket, virtually 10 years as captain of the facet, and with distinction. That is the way you deal with cricketers in Hyderabad. It’s a really unhappy state of affairs. We are going to go to the courtroom, 100%. The legislation will take its course,” he advised The Hindu.
LCC, alternatively, expressed satisfaction on the consequence. “This determination reinforces our dedication to transparency and integrity. We thank the authorities for his or her truthful and simply analysis,” the membership’s treasurer, Somna Misra, mentioned.