Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian politician, television personality and former cricketer. He was the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy Sources of the State of Punjab
As a professional cricketer, Sidhu had a career spanning over 19 years after his first-class debut in 1981–82. After losing his place in the national team after his international debut in 1983–84, he returned to score four half-centuries in the 1987 World Cup. Playing mostly as a top-order batsman, he went on to play in 51 Tests and 136 One Day Internationals for the country. He came to be known for his six-hitting ability and earned the sobriquet "Sixer Sidhu".
[After retirement, he turned to commentary and television, most notably as a judge of comedy shows, and as a permanent guest in Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013–15) and later The Kapil Sharma Show (2016–16 February 2019). He was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss (2012) and was seen in the show Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa.
Sidhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 and contested the general election from Amritsar. He won the election and held the seat till 2014 winning also the next election. He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2016 from Punjab before he resigned from the position the same year and quitting the party. In 2017, he joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar East.
A quintessential Punjabi from Patiala, Sidhu was and still is the epitome of the clan of people who enjoy their life to the hilt. On the cricket field however, he was a combination of a vult...
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Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 51 | 78 | 2 | 3202 | 201 | 42.13 | 7135 | 44.88 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 358 | 38 |
| ODI | 136 | 127 | 8 | 4413 | 134 | 37.08 | 6329 | 69.73 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 335 | 44 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 51 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0/9 | 0/9 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 136 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sidhu made a cameo appearance in the 2004 Hindi film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as a commentator during a cricket match. In the 2008 Punjabi language film Mera Pind, he appeared in a pivotal role alongside singer Harbhajan Mann, playing the role of a non-resident Indian who returns to his motherland despite living a successful life abroad. His most recent film appearance came in 2015 in ABCD 2; another cameo that saw him play the permanent guest in the sketch comedy The Kapil Sharma Show
1) In the later part of his career, Sidhu improved his fielding vastly and hence was nicknamed ‘Jonty’ after the legendary Jonty Rhodes. Interestingly, Rhodes was still playing for South Africa at that time.
2) He left the 1996 tour of England in a huff because the skipper, Mohammad Azharuddin, reportedly kept on abusing him. Later, Sidhu revealed that Azharuddin was used to speaking those cuss words on a regular basis and was doing so in affection and not to hurt his feelings.
3) Sidhu was indicted in a homicide case but the judgement was later stayed by the Supreme Court of India.
4) Currently he is a Member of Parliament from Amritsar constituency.
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