"abdul-azeem"

Former cricketers remembered the contributions and paid rich tributes to Abdul Azeem

The ability to exhibit an aura of confidence when he played against any opposition would sometimes scare the daylight out of me

Born in a cricket family, four of his eight brothers played cricket while Azeem and Abdul Jabbar went on play first class cricket although both were unlucky not to play for the country

Advent of T20 has led to the batsman learn new tricks to play innovative strokes

"Very proud of you, Siraj! Not easy to stay on in Australia after losing your father but I am sure your commitment and passion for the game would make him very proud", tweeted VVS Laxman

K Nityanand, who was instrumental in making SBI as a sports oriented bank in 80s and 90s, said some of the best sports persons in major disciplines from the city were recruited in the bank

For a boy, who didn’t have money to buy cricket shoes, father being an auto-rickshaw driver and mother working as a maid, it has been one of the fascinating stories in Indian cricket

Apart from his sound technique, Azeem had a lovely eye-and-hand coordination which enabled him to play on any surface