Kirti Azad was also part of the 1983 World Cup-winning Team India. Later, in 1984, the former cricket also featured in the first edition of the Asia Cup which was held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kirti belongs to the family of Indian freedom fighter and politician Bhagwat Jha Azad. Kirti and Poonam have two children named Surya and Soumya
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"But whenever you are free, even if you're a Rohit Sharma or a Virat Kohli, you should go back and play domestic cricket for the state. That (state) gave you the opportunity to be a player, get selected and then play for the country. Kirti Azad felt that penalising just Ishan and Iyer wasn't right.
29 February,2024 04:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
As the country celebrated 40 years of the iconic 1983 World Cup triumph, the Indian cricket fraternity showered wishes and tributes for the 1983 World Cup winning team, while the players who were a part of the victory reminisced memories of a historic moment from their careers
25 June,2023 09:18 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
A reproduction of the late KN Prabhu’s article for World of Cricket magazine to commemorate the 40th anniversary of India’s most famous ODI cricket triumph
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India’s 1983 World Cup-winning cricketer Kirti Azad expresses concerns after Supreme Court amends critical clauses in BCCI constitution
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The actor who plays Kirti Azad opens up about what went into making the film
22 December,2021 05:46 PM IST | Mumbai | Natasha Coutinho D'souza_d.jpg "Congress leader Kirti Azad to join TMC")
A member of the 1983 cricket World Cup-winning squad, Azad was suspended from the BJP for openly targeting the then Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged irregularities and corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association in December 2015. He joined the Congress in 2018
23 November,2021 01:05 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The makers of sports drama 83 have just dropped the first look poster of another actor from the film, Dinker Sharma, who will be portraying bowler Kirti Azad.
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