Navjot Singh Sidhu
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
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| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 51 | 136 | ||
| Runs scored | 3202 | 4413 | ||
| Batting average | 42.13 | 37.08 | ||
| 100s/50s | 9/15 | 6/33 | ||
| Top score | 201 | 134* | ||
| Balls bowled | 6 | 4 | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 9/- | 20/- | ||
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| Constituency | Amritsar |
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| Born | 20 October 1963 Patiala, Punjab |
| Political party | BJP |
| Residence | Amritsar |
| As of September 22, 2006 Source: [2] |
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Navjot Singh Sidhu (Punjabi: ਨਵਜੋਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿੱਧੂ , born October 20, 1963) is former Indian cricket batsman, who took up television commentary and, more recently, politics following his retirement from the game. He was born in Patiala, Punjab. Sidhu was elected to the Lok Sabha as the member from Amritsar in 2004 on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket; he later resigned, following his conviction for culpable homicide. After the Supreme Court stayed his conviction, he successfully contested the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, defeating his Congress rival, State Finance Minister Surinder Singla, by 77,626 votes.
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[edit] Cricketing career
Navjot Singh Sidhu had a volatile career of a cricketer from 1983 to 1999
He made an uneventful international debut against the West Indies at Ahmedabad in 1983 scoring just 19 runs in his debut Test match. He was given another chance in that series but failed again. He was selected for the 1987 cricket World Cup in India scoring 73 on his One Day International debut in a losing effort against Australia. He scored 50s in 4 of the 5 World Cup 1987 matches in which he batted, failing in the semifinal against England. His first ODI century came against Pakistan in Sharjah in 1989 while his 134 against England at Gwalior in 1993 was his highest ODI score and the innings which he called his best when he retired in 1999.
He scored over 500 Test runs in a year thrice (1993, 1994 and 1997). His only Test double century came during India's 1997 tour of West Indies. In 1994, he scored 885 ODI runs.
Sidhu's finest moment in Tests was his 201 against West Indies in 1996-97, a defiant knock lasting 11 hours. Known for his tendency to attack spinners, he cracked eight sixes in 124 against Sri Lanka in 1993-94, and four fifties in five innings against the Australians in 1997-98, deliberately singling out Shane Warne. [3]
He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in December 1999. He played over 50 Test matches and over 100 ODIs scoring over 7,000 international runs. He has 27 centuries to his credit in an 18 year career.
Some of the nicknames he earned were "Sixer Sidhu", Sherry and "Jonty Singh" (with respect to his improved fielding in his late career, Jonty Rhodes being the best fielder at that time.)
[edit] Other Statistics
| Class | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches |
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| First-class | 157 | 228 | 12 | 9571 | 286 | 44.31 | 27 | 50 | 50 |
| List A | 205 | 191 | 19 | 7186 | 139 | 41.77 | 10 | 55 | 31 |
[edit] Commentator and TV Personality
Sidhu started his career as a commentator for NIMBUS when India toured Sri Lanka in 2001. He however later became a commentator with ESPN-Star. He became famous for his funny quotes, which have come to be known as Sidhuisms.
Subsequent to his sacking, Sidhu took his act to commentate for Ten Sports. He also regularly appears as a "cricket analyst" on various local Indian channels. Of late he also figured as a judge on a television program - "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge". Later he also appered in some more similar programs like "Funjabi Chak De".
Cyrus Sahukar hosts a program on MTV "Piddhu the Great" where he is disguised as Piddhu, a lookalike of Sidhu. The one-liners in the program, similar to Sidhuisms, are called "Pidhuisms".
[edit] Politics
Sidhu won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from the Amritsar seat in the Indian general elections, 2004.
He has been found guilty of manslaughter[4] by the Punjab & Haryana High Court, he has been convicted under Sec 304 of IPC for causing the death of a Gurnam Singh on December 27, 1988. Earlier on 22 September 1999, the district and sessions judge at Patiala had acquitted Sidhu in the same case registered under Section 304 and 34 IPC. Later he recontested on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Amritsar and won handsomely. He is being groomed for a longer innings in Indian politics and his mentor is a noted lawyer and politician Arun Jaitley.
[edit] Court case
In December 2006, a court in India has found the former Indian cricketer and member of parliament guilty of culpable homicide. Sidhu had beaten up a man in 1988 over a petty dispute over parking vehicles in Patiala. The victim, a 65-year old man named Gurnam Singh, subsequently succumbed to the injuries that were inflicted on him. The former cricketer has resigned as a Member of Parliament after the court decision. On 6 December 2006, he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Punjab and Haryana High Court [5]. However he has not been detained and his sentence has been suspended till January 31, 2007 for him to appeal to the Supreme Court of India.[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Former cricketer guilty of manslaughter BBC News - 1 December 2006
- Jail term for road rage cricketer BBC News - 6 December 2006
- Sidhu is energetic, popular orator: Watch His speech in Online video
- Cricinfo articles
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