Mohammed Azharuddin, One of India most sucessful cricket captains has thrown his hat into ring by joining the Congress and most probably will contest from Secunderabad.
The move marks Azhar's return to the limelight, almost ten years after he was dropped from the Indian cricket team on charges of match fixing, from which he was exonerated in 2006.
Image: Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin speaks to the media at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi on February 19, 2009.
Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters