Former India player Yusuf Pathan will contest the Lok Sabha election on the Trinamool Congress ticket. He has been named the candidate for the Baharampur seat in the Murshidabad district.
The elder brother of legendary all-rounder Irfan Pathan was among the 42 candidates TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee announced.
He has been fielded against West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Yusuf Pathan is not the first cricketer to contest the election, as several other players have been part of the process.
Gautam Gambhir, one of the most high-profile cricketers who, won the election in 2019. However, he quit politician before the upcoming Lok Sabha Election. He thanked the Bharatiya Janata Party for trusting him.
Yusuf was a part of the 2007 and 2011 squads that won the T20 and 2011 World Cup. He played a significant role for Rajasthan Royals in their title win in the first season of the Indian Premier League in 2008.
He then won two titles with Knight Riders and ended his IPl career with Sunrisers Hyderabad. Hyderabad. Pathan played domestic cricket for Baroda and represented India in 22 T20Is and 57 ODIs. He announced his retirement from cricket in 2021.
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