Who is Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir

About Gautam Gambhir

Who is Gautam Gambhir

A cricketer from Delhi, Gautam Gambhir started his political innings in 2019 after ending his stellar international career in December 2018. He contested the Lok Sabha elections 2019 on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from the Delhi East constituency, and registered an emphatic victory.
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For Gambhir, who played a crucial role in India's historic 2007 World T20 final and 2011 ICC World Cup wins, the transition from cricket to politics has been breezy so far. Vocal on social media about political issues and matters of national importance, Gambhir gained a wide following not only among netizens but also off-internet voters.
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During his illustrious cricket career, the southpaw played 58 Test matches and scored 4,154 runs in 104 innings at an average of 41.95, with the help of nine centuries and 22 fifties. His highest score was 206. In one-day internationals (ODIs), he scored 5,238 runs in 147 matches at an average of 39.68, with 11 tons and 34 fifties. The highest innings total was an unbeaten 150. In the 37 T20Is that he played, Gambhir scored 932 at an average of 27.41 and a strike rate of 119.02, with 7 half-centuries.
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Ahead the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Gambhir had been a star campaigner for the BJP, and that gave him the exposure he needed before making an electoral plunge himself. He was among Delhi's richest candidates, with declared assets of over Rs. 147 crore. The BJP’s association with 38-year-old Gambhir in the national elections proved to be a win-win for both — while the party gained from his popularity as a cricketer, Gambhir benefitted from a wave in favour of the party and its leader Narendra Modi.
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Gambhir won the Lok Sabha elections 2019 by 695,109 votes from the East Delhi constituency, where his key opponents were the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) star candidate Atishi and the Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely.
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Being a local Delhi boy, Gambhir is expected to be one of the prominent faces and voices for the BJP in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, to be held on February 8, 2020.

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MP Gautam Gambhir asks BJP chief Nadda to relieve him of political duties

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4 min read Last Updated :Feb 03 2024 | 8:57 AM IST
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1 min read Last Updated :Nov 27 2023 | 6:59 AM IST
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IPL 2024 auction: Full list of released and retained players by KKR

1 min read Last Updated :Nov 26 2023 | 5:16 PM IST
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IPL 2024: Gautam Gambhir returns to Kolkata Knight Riders as mentor

3 min read Last Updated :Nov 22 2023 | 1:06 PM IST
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CWC 2023: Gautam Gambhir says, beating Australia must to lifet the trophy

3 min read Last Updated :Sep 23 2023 | 1:43 PM IST
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Asia Cup: Form over name for Gambhir, wants Kishan in playing 11 over Rahul

3 min read Last Updated :Sep 03 2023 | 9:41 PM IST
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Asia Cup 2023: Top five run scorers for India in tournament's history

4 min read Last Updated :Aug 27 2023 | 7:57 PM IST
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2 min read Last Updated :Jul 30 2023 | 4:29 PM IST
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Bring back Modi govt to sustain pace of development: Gambhir tells voters

1 min read Last Updated :Jun 26 2023 | 9:04 PM IST
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'What's happening in India', PM Modi asks Nadda after returning from visit

1 min read Last Updated :Jun 26 2023 | 7:18 AM IST
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2 min read Last Updated :May 24 2023 | 11:28 PM IST
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Kohli writes to BCCI, claims he said nothing wrong to Gambhir, Naveen

3 min read Last Updated :May 06 2023 | 6:32 PM IST
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Kohli-Gambhir spat: Sehwag joins Gavaskar's call for stricter punishment

2 min read Last Updated :May 05 2023 | 7:26 PM IST
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Kohli vs Gambhir: Old baggages lead to another round of 'juvenile' bust-up

4 min read Last Updated :May 02 2023 | 6:48 PM IST
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RCB vs LSG: Emotions get better of Kohli and Gambhir, once again!

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