It is a dream of any cricketer to represent their respective countries and help their nations win big tournaments. Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly are few successful former Indian cricketers who made a big name in cricket.
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All of the cricketers work hard with lots of dedication, passion but few of them get a chance to become a cricketer and get a chance in their respective teams.
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After successfully becoming a cricketer, few of them enter into the field of politics in their alternative career. Few of cricketers turned out to be politicians
Here we look at the 6 Cricketers who turned out to be politicians:
- Imran Khan
Imran Khan, the 1992 World Cup captain winner of Pakistan winner played 88 test matches, 175 One day Internationals. He made his test debut on June 3rd 1971 against England and retired on 2nd January 1992.
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- Navjot Singh Sidhu
The right-handed opening batsman for India, Navjot Singh Sidhu played a total of 51 test matches and 136 One day Internationals. He made his test debut on 12th November 1983 and retired on 6th January 1999 against New Zealand.
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He made his ODI debut against Australia on 9th October 1987 and retired on 20th September 1998. After successfully completing cricket, he became a commentator and judge in a reality show.
Navjot Singh Sidhu was a member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab in 2016 before quitting the party. Again in 2017 he decided to contest elections from Amritsar East in Punjab Assembly Elections and won the elections.
- Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin one of the talented batsmen in Indian cricket played a total of 99 test matches, 334 One day international matches. He made his test debut against England on 31st December 1984 and retired on 2nd March 2000.
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His ODI debut was against England on 20th January 1985 and retired on 3rd June 2000. During 1990’s he led the Indian test team in 47 matches. Involved in the match-fixing case, the BCCI decided to ban him for life.
On February 19th 2009, Azharuddin decided to join Indian National Congress. In 2009 he won the Indian general election from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh to become Member Parliament of India.
- Sanath Jayasuriya
The hard-hitting left-handed batsmen from Sri Lanka, especially in One-day internationals, played a total of 110 test matches and 445 ODI matches for the country. In 445 ODI matches, he scored a total of 13430 runs with 28 centuries and 68 centuries.
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He made his test debut for Sri Lanka on 22nd February 1991 against New Zealand and retired on 1st December 2007. In ODI format, he made his debut on 26th December 1989 and retired on 28th June 2011.
After completing cricketing career, he entered into politics in 2010 as a candidate of Matara District. He became the Deputy Minister of United People’s Freedom Alliance government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa.
On June 2015, Sanath Jayasuriya with 3 other leaders took over from Maithripala Sirisena as new deputy ministers. He was appointed as Deputy Minister of Local government and Rural Development. After politics, he was appointed as Chairman selectors of Sri Lankan cricket.
- Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga the captain of 1996 World Cup held played a total of 93 test matches and 269 One day international matches. He made his test debut against England on 17th February 1982 and retired on 10th August 2000.
In ODI matches, he made his debut on 14th February 1982 against England and retired on 30th May 1999 against Kenya. His contributions to Sri Lankan cricket were immense to making the country a cricketing nation.
After retirement in cricket, he entered into politics in 2005. He held many posts including Sri Lanka Freedom Party and made into parliament from Colombo District in 2001 elections and was still 2010.
He was the Deputy Minister of Tourism from 2005-2008 and was president of Sri Lankan cricket till 2008.
- Kirti Azad
Kirti Azad a right-handed batsman and right-handed off break bowler played only 7 test matches and 25 One day internationals for team India. He made his test debut against New Zealand on 21st February 1981 and retired on 16th November 1983 against West Indies.
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His ODI debut was against Australia on 6th December 1980 and retired on 18th April 1986 against Pakistan. After retirement from cricket, he made into politics member of Parliament on BJP ticket from Darbhanga, Bihar.
Kirti Azad previously held two terms in politics including MLA from Delhi’s Gole Market constituency and in 2014 he won the Lok Sabha Elections from Darbhanga. Now he is currently doing his 3rd term.