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.
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