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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.

Latest Updates on Gautam Gambhir

Gambhir has been running four 'jan rasois' in his East Delhi constituency at refurbished dhalaos to provide meals to the needy at a token price of just one rupee

Updated On: 18 Feb 2023 | 7:36 AM IST

A Delhi Court on Thursday disposed of the suit filed against BJP MP Gautam Gambhir as withdrawn in view of the statement of plaintiffs in the matter

Updated On: 17 Feb 2023 | 6:59 AM IST

With the AAP turning the issue of landfill sites into a poll plank ahead of the municipal election in Delhi, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has hit out at CM, asking where was he for the last eight years

Updated On: 26 Nov 2022 | 4:06 PM IST

Gambhir, who played a key role in India lifting the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup trophy in 2007 and the 2011 ODI World Cup, wrote, "You only expect from those who can deliver! Chin up boys"

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 1:29 PM IST

India's tense five-run win over Bangladesh in their Men's T20 World Cup Group 2 match at Adelaide saw KL Rahul put an end to string of single-digit scores in the tournament with an elegant 32-ball 50

Updated On: 04 Nov 2022 | 5:57 PM IST

AAP leader Durgesh Pathak alleged that BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has been found to be illegally encroaching upon public land, and has been "exposed" by his party's MLA Anil Bajpai only

Updated On: 09 Oct 2022 | 7:07 AM IST

India Capitals made a stunning recovery after stumbling early to defeat Bhilwara Kings by 104 runs and lift the Legends League Cricket trophy here

Updated On: 06 Oct 2022 | 12:42 PM IST

Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir wants the hosts to start the T20I series against Australia with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in the playing eleven, instead of veteran Dinesh Karthik.

Updated On: 18 Sep 2022 | 3:23 PM IST

Sports minister Anurag Thakur and former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir lavished praise on "golden boy" Neeraj Chopra after the star thrower created a new national record on Tuesday.

Updated On: 15 Jun 2022 | 12:51 PM IST

Cricketer-turned-politician, Gambhir said that nobody has supported the statements made by Sharma

Updated On: 12 Jun 2022 | 9:05 PM IST

BJP Lok Sabha MP Gautam Gambhir on Sunday lashed out at the AAP government after they claimed that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family were involved in a PPE kit scam.

Updated On: 06 Jun 2022 | 6:30 AM IST

Lucknow Super Giants' mentor Gautam Gambhir has thanked the fans for their support and said the team will bounce back strongly after losing in the Eliminator match in its maiden campaign in the IPL

Updated On: 26 May 2022 | 12:10 PM IST

The fifth community kitchen under BJP MP Gautam Gambhir's 'Jan Rasoi' project for providing food at a symbolic price of Re 1 for the needy will be opened soon in East Delhi's Laxmi Nagar area.

Updated On: 09 Feb 2022 | 8:58 PM IST

BJP MP from east Delhi Gautam Gambhir lauded the Delhi Police for averting a major attack in the Ghazipur Flower Market area of the national capital by defusing an Improvised Explosive Device in time.

Updated On: 14 Jan 2022 | 8:32 PM IST

Virat Kohli's outburst against a controversial DRS decision during the third Test against South Africa was "immature", feels former opener Gautam Gambhir.

Updated On: 14 Jan 2022 | 6:49 PM IST

Virat Kohli's outburst against a controversial DRS decision during the third Test against South Africa was "immature", feels former opener Gautam Gambhir.

Updated On: 14 Jan 2022 | 12:00 PM IST

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was on Saturday appointed mentor of the new Lucknow franchise ahead of IPL 2022.

Updated On: 18 Dec 2021 | 3:05 PM IST

BJP MP Gautam Gambhir, who has received a series of death threat emails, said he is not afraid and added that the Intelligence Bureau is investigating the matter.

Updated On: 01 Dec 2021 | 9:35 AM IST

The fourth 'Jan Rasoi' was launched at Shakarpur in the Laxmi Nagar assembly segment under his east Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

Updated On: 23 Oct 2021 | 5:58 PM IST

Gautam Gambhir said that captain Virat Kohli will be looking to win the ICC mens T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman. The tournament marks the last time Kohli will be leading India in T20Is.

Updated On: 18 Oct 2021 | 7:44 PM IST