Editing Mohammad Azharuddin (section)

===Match fixing allegations and ban===
During India's tour of [[South Africa]] in 2000, a series that was won by India 3–2, Azharuddin scored only 112 runs at an average of 28.<ref name="sportskeeda.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/mohammad-azharuddin-match-fixer-full-story-his-ban-lifted|title=Everyone thinks Mohammad Azharuddin was a match-fixer. But what is the full story and why was his ban lifted?|date=12 May 2016 |publisher=Sports Keeda|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref> he was accused of match fixing in the [[South Africa cricket match fixing|match fixing scandal]] that erupted in the aftermath of the series.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/01full26.htm|title=The CBI Report in Full – Part 26|via=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 November 2000|access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> Then captain of [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] [[Hansie Cronje]] stated that Azharuddin was the one to introduce him to [[Bookmaker|bookies]].<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/01full25.htm#azza1| title=The CBI Report in Full – Part 25|via=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 November 2000|access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> [[International Cricket Council]] and [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] banned Azharuddin for life based on a report by [[Central Bureau of Investigation]].<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/01full.htm|title=Full text of the CBI|date=1 November 2000|via=[[Rediff.com]]|publisher=Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi|access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4774886/Azharuddin-confesses-all.html|access-date=11 January 2022|title=Azharuddin confesses all|date=2 November 2000}}</ref>