One off field event summed up my impression of Azharruddin’s captaincy. I remember a press conference, Azharuddin when asked about the Warne threat; replied that he has four people (batsmen) who can take care of him. This led me to consider him a Captain who largely relied on his players to come through or to be more exact expected his players to pull their weight.
However, Mark Taylor lists Azharuddin as one his favourite captains because, “The fields he set for spinners would be very good. He’d been captaining for some years before I did and I found those field settings imaginative and effective.”
I would have never associated the word imaginative with Azharuddin or his captaincy. (Despite his apparent lack of imagination, his taste (Sangeeta Bijlani) was impeccable). Maybe, I should revisit my opinion on Azharuddin
Would you rate Azharuddin’s captaincy as ‘imaginative’?
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