Hyderabad, July 18 -- Former India cricket captain and Telangana Minorities Minister Mohammed Azharuddin on Saturday, July 18, urged students to dream big, recalling how he had risen to lead the national cricket team despite growing up with just a small school playground.

Azharuddin, who captained India in Tests and one-day internationals through the 1990s, was speaking to students and teachers during a visit to the Telangana Public School in Arutla, Rangareddy district, where he inspected classrooms, laboratories, hostels, sanitation facilities, drinking water arrangements and sports infrastructure, including cricket practice nets and basketball and volleyball courts.

Addressing the gathering, the minister thanked the school management...