When cricketer Amol Muzumdar experienced Mohammad Azharuddin's benevolence

Mohammad Azharuddin is the most paradoxical of Indian cricketers. On the one hand, there is strong reason to believe his role in the match-fixing scandal. On the other, he was a large-hearted gentleman given to spontaneous generosity.

The former Mumbai captain Amol Muzumdar experienced Azhar's benevolence first hand. As an up and coming cricketer in the early 90s, Muzumdar was among players felicitated at a function in Mumbai. "I was wide eyed looking at all the India cricketers around," Muzumdar said during a panel discussion on Indian cricket at Khar Gymkhana recently.

"Azhar walked up to me, wished me and handed me some money. And he said, 'Kisiko bataana nahi'. I went to a bathroom and counted the amount. It was a good Rs 20,000 or so." Do note that this was pre-matchfixing.