In the ongoing IPL 2025, there is a tension which is mounting at the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s homeground (Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium) as Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) will remove legendary Indian cricketer and former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin stand from the ground.
The board has been granted permisson by Justice V. Eswaraiah. Apart from this, the board also been told to stop printing Azharuddin’s name on tickets.
🚨 AZHARUDDIN STAND REMOVAL. 🚨
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 20, 2025
– The HCA has been ordered to remove Mohammad Azharuddin's name from the North Pavilion stand at the Uppal Stadium. No tickets will be printed with the name of Azharuddin as well. (Cricbuzz). pic.twitter.com/khmZua1bbt
According to a report in Cricbuzz. Eswaraiah passed the order after finding the former India captain guilty. According to him, Azhar has exceeded his authority to benefit himself. A complaint was lodged on February 28, 2025, by the Hyderabad-based outfit Lords Cricket Club, one of the members of the state cricket association.
The Issue of Conflict of Interest
LCC said that Azhar violated the rules and regulations of the HCA by naming the North Stand after his name, and it should continue as VVS Laxman for all practical purposes.
LCC requested Eswaraiah to take action against Azharuddin. His action was labelled as illegal and arbitrary for allowing the Mohammed Azharuddin Stand above the name of the VVS Laxman Pavilion.
In a meeting held on November 25, 2019, which was chaired by Azharuddin, a decision was passed to name the North Stand after his name, which was the VVS Laxman Pavilion.
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