Two-time World Cup winner for India Yusuf Pathan will contest Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal’s Baharampur constituency declared Trinamool Congress (TMC) Nationwide Normal Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday.
Pathan now turns into the third participant from the 2011 World Cup-winning workforce to affix politics. Pathan’s teammates from the 2011 World Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh have additionally joined politics.
Yusuf’s youthful brother Irfan took to X (Previously referred to as Twitter) to want him. “Your persistence, kindness, assist to the needy, and repair to folks even with out an official place will be simply seen. I’m assured that when you step right into a political position, you’ll really make a distinction within the each day lives of individuals.” he would write.
Your persistence, kindness, assist to the needy and repair to folks even with out an official place will be simply seen. I’m assured that when you step right into a political position, you’ll really make a distinction within the each day lives of individuals @iamyusufpathan
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 10, 2024
The Baroda-based cricketer will compete towards Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Nonetheless, Congress is but to call candidates for Bengal however Mr Chowdhury is predicted to recontest the Lok Sabha seat which represented 5 instances earlier than.
“The Indian Nationwide Congress has repeatedly declared its need to have a decent seat-sharing settlement with the TMC in West Bengal.” senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned.
“The Indian Nationwide Congress has all the time maintained that such an settlement must be finalized by means of negotiations and never by unilateral bulletins. The Indian Nationwide Congress has all the time wished the INDIA group to combat the BJP collectively,” he added.
Two World Cups
Pathan represented India India in 57 ODIs scoring 810 runs at a mean of 27. He additionally has two tons to his identify. In T20 cricket he amassed 236 runs from 22 video games at a mean of 18.15 and a strike price of 146.58.
The 41-year-old was a part of the T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI World Cup profitable workforce in 2011.
Along with his achievements for the nation, Pathan additionally performed essential for Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League (IPL). He would assist the franchise with two IPL trophies (2012 and 2014).
Along with the 2 Pathan would even be a part of the Rajasthan Royals squad which gained the inaugural season of IPL in 2008.