Editing Mohammad Azharuddin (section)

===Captaincy of national team===
In 1989, Azharuddin was appointed as the captain of the Indian team succeeding [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]].<ref name="Cric1">{{Cite web|title=India Cricket Team Records & Stats: Test Captains|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/nzveng/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=1&id=6&type=team|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> He led the Indian team in 47 Test matches and 174 One Day Internationals.<ref name="Cric1"/><ref name="Cric2">{{Cite web|title=India Cricket Team Records & Stats: ODI Captains|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/individual-list-captains/india-6/one-day-internationals-2|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> He led the team to victory in 14 tests and 90 ODIs, both records until surpassed by [[Sourav Ganguly]] and [[M.S. Dhoni|MS Dhoni]] respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=Virat Kohli has to behave like a captain, says Mohammad Azharuddin|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/virat-kohli-has-to-behave-like-a-captain-says-mohammad-azharuddin/1148650/|access-date=6 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=30 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Express">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/azhar-movie-trailer-mohammad-azharuddin-emraan-hashmi-2797198/|title=Azhar: Here's all the real-life drama from Mohammad Azharuddin's life|newspaper=[[Indian Express]]|date=13 May 2016|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>

During [[Indian cricket team in England in 1990|India's tour of England in 1990]], Azharuddin scored 121 in the first Test at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1st Test, Lord's, July 26 - 31, 1990, India tour of England|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-england-1990-62275/england-vs-india-1st-test-63534/full-scorecard|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> Though India lost the match, former England cricketer [[Vic Marks]] called it "the most dazzling Test century" he had ever witnessed, in his column for ''[[The Observer]]''.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|last1=Smyth |first1=Rob |title=The Joy of Six: England v India memories |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/jul/22/joy-of-six-england-india-cricket |website=The Guardian |access-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012182454/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/jul/22/joy-of-six-england-india-cricket |archive-date=12 October 2018 |language=en |date=22 July 2011}}</ref> In the second Test in [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Manchester]], Azharuddin scored his tenth Test century, making 179 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] while putting on a 112-run stand with [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in the first innings. Playing his 39th Test, he reached his century off 155 balls.<ref>{{Cite web|title=
2nd Test, Manchester, August 09 - 14, 1990, India tour of England|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-england-1990-62275/england-vs-india-2nd-test-63535/full-scorecard|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> Azharuddin ended the series with 426 runs at an average of 85.20 which was the highest tally by an India captain in a Test series in England until it was broken by [[Virat Kohli]] in [[Indian cricket team in England in 2018|2018]].<ref>{{cite news |title=King Kohli Slams 23rd Test Ton, Pips Dhoni & Records he Broke |url=https://www.india.com/sports/india-vs-england-3rd-test-day-3-trent-bridge-icc-no-1-test-batsman-virat-kohli-slams-23rd-test-century-pips-ms-dhoni-joins-sachin-tendulkar-and-other-records-he-broke-3246770/|access-date=1 May 2020|work=India Today|date=20 August 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bland |first1=Gareth |title=In praise of Azhar |url=http://www.cricketweb.net/in-praise-of-azhar/|website=cricketweb.net|date=17 February 2016|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>