A century on debut: 4 Indian legends Prithvi Shaw would look to emulate

#3 Mohammad Azharuddin

Azharuddin - The artistic genius

Tests – 99 - Innings – 147 -Runs – 6215 - Avg – 45 -100s -22 -50s- 21

Mohammad Azharuddin is the only cricketer in the World who has scored 3 hundreds in his first three Test matches. Now Prithvi Shaw has a chance to have a go at this unique record. Azharuddin’s all three hundreds came against England in the 1984 series at Calcutta, Chennai, and Kanpur. Azhar has the rare distinction of scoring a hundred in his first and last Test match. Azhar has also scored more than 9000 runs in one day cricket. Like the great Gundappa Viswanath before him and VVS Laxman after him, Azhar was an artist at the crease with his wristy flicks.

Apart from being a successful batsman and a terrific fielder, Azhar was a successful captain too. He has captained India in 47 Test matches and won 14 of them. It was under Azhar that players like Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Javagal Srinath blossomed.

Prithvi Shaw should look to emulate Azhar's artistic skills in batting.