These cricketers played strong innings on the field of politics, Mohammad Azharuddin hit a ‘political sixer’

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Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin became MP in 2009 by winning the Lok Sabha elections from Moradabad on Congress Party ticket. Azharuddin will be inducted as a minister in the Telangana cabinet on 31 October 2025, which is a special achievement in his political career.

Former cricketer and commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu won the Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar in 2004 on BJP ticket. Later Sidhu joined the Congress party and has also been a minister in the Punjab government. He has also been in Aam Aadmi Party.

Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir joined BJP in 2019 and became Lok Sabha MP from East Delhi. But in 2024, he announced his retirement from politics to focus more on cricket.

Kirti Azad, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, was earlier a BJP MP. But later Azad joined Trinamool Congress and now Kirti is the MP of Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha of West Bengal.

Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan is a Lok Sabha MP after winning the election from Berhampur seat of West Bengal on TMC ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Punjab. Harbhajan was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in 2022 from Aam Aadmi Party.

Published at : 30 Oct 2025 07:20 PM (IST)

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Before Mohammad Azharuddin, these 4 cricketers have become ministers, after cricket, they showed their talent in the field of politics.

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Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin is soon going to become a cabinet minister in the Telangana government. Azharuddin has been associated with Congress since 2009 and has also been an MP from Moradabad region. Actually, he will not be the first cricketer who is going to get a ministerial post. Here you can see the list of all those cricketers who have held some ministerial post or the other.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Navjot Singh Sidhu was elected MLA from East Amritsar seat in the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections. At that time he was made the Minister of Tourism and Local Bodies in the Punjab Government. However, this ministerial post was taken away from him in 2019.

Manoj Tiwari

Former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwari joined All India Trinamool Congress in 2021. He became MLA from Shibpur seat in the 2021 Bengal Assembly elections. He was given the post of Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs in the Bengal Government.

Lakshmi Ratna Shukla

All-rounder Lakshmi Ratna Shukla played 3 ODI matches for India in 1999. He was elected MLA from North Howrah seat in the 2016 Bengal Assembly elections. When Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of Bengal for the second time, Lakshmi Ratna Shukla was made the State Sports and Youth Services Minister.

Manoharsingh Jadeja

Manoharsingh Jadeja was elected MLA thrice in the Gujarat government of Congress. During this period, he was also the Finance Minister, Youth Affairs Minister and Health Minister. Jadeja could not debut for the Indian team, but took 614 runs and 5 wickets in 14 first class matches.

These cricketers remained in politics

Apart from these, many Indian cricketers have entered politics after retirement. The current head coach of the Indian team, Gautam Gambhir was elected MP from East Delhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He left politics after the completion of his term in 2024. Apart from him, Yusuf Pathan, Kirti Azad, Chetan Chauhan, Harbhajan Singh have also entered politics.