Mohammad Azharuddin:
A controversial name in Indian cricket even today, Mohammad Azharuddin at one point held every single batting record existed in international cricket. Most matches, most runs, he had it all. However, the former Indian captain’s career will always be marred by the match-fixing controversy, and he was sacked somewhat unceremoniously after his name cropped up in the investigations that followed.
In his final Test, against South Africa in Bangalore (2000), Azhar scored 9 in the first innings and 102 in the second innings. However, South Africa went on to win the match by a huge margin (an innings and 71 runs) and also the series by 2-0. It was a massive shock to lose all the matches of a home series, but it was even bigger shock that Azhar was named in the match-fixing scandal that came up shortly.