Navjot Singh Sidhu
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Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Archives and Museums,Government of Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 16 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 12 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Navjot Kaur Sidhu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Amritsar East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Nominated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 25 April 2016 – 18 July 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Ashok Sekhar Ganguly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Roopa Ganguly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2004–2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Amarinder Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Amritsar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 20 October 1963 Patiala, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Indian National Congress(2017–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (2004–2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Navjot Kaur Sidhu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 166) | 12 November 1983 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 January 1999 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 61) | 9 October 1987 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 20 September 1998 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–2000 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 1 January 2009
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Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian politician, television personality and former cricketer. He currently serves as the Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, and Museums of the State ofPunjab.[1]
As a professional cricketer, Sidhu had a career spanning over 19 years after his first-classdebut in 1981–82. After losing his place in thenational 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'.[2] 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(since 2016). He was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss (2012).
Sidhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 and contested the general election fromAmritsar. 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.
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Biography[edit]
Sidhu was born in a Sikh family in Patiala, in the Indian state of Punjab. His father, Sardar Bhagwant Singh was a decent cricket player and wanted to see his son Navjot as a top-class cricketer.[3] Sidhu is an alumnus of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala. He studied in Mumbai at HR College of Commerce and Economics.[4] 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. After the Supreme Court stayed his conviction, he successfully contested the Amritsar Lok Sabhaseat, defeating his Congress rival, State Finance Minister Surinder Singla, by 77,626 votes. He is also the present president ofWorld Jat Aryan Foundation.[5] He is a vegetarian.[6] He is married to Navjot Kaur Sidhu a doctor and a former member of Punjab Legislative Assembly. The couple has two children: daughter Rabia and son Karan.
Cricketing career[edit]
Navjot Singh Sidhu International cricket career lasted from 1983 until 1999. He made his Test match debut in 1983 against the West Indies at Ahmedabad, and scored 19 runs. He played the next match, but again did not score many runs. He was selected for the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India, where he scored 73 on his One Day International debut in a losing effort against Australia. He scored half-centuries in four of the five World Cup 1987 matches in which he batted, failing in the semifinal against England. His first ODI century came againstPakistan 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.[citation needed]Sidhu told in an interview that an article criticising his dismal performance changed his cricketing life.[citation needed] After a string of poor performances in 1983, Rajan Bala, a notedcricket columnist, wrote an article on him titled "Sidhu: The Strokeless Wonder" in Indian Express. It was an epiphany that changed his life and he started taking his cricketing career seriously.[citation needed] After his improved performance in 1987 world cup, the same columnist wrote an article titled "Sidhu: From Strokeless Wonder To A Palm-Grove Hitter", applauding his performance.[citation needed]
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 884 ODI runs. Sidhu was the first Indian batsman to score more than 5 centuries in one day international.[citation needed]
Sidhu walked out of India's 1996 tour of Englandciting differences with captain Mohammad Azharuddin.[7] Following this, he was banished from the team for ten Tests by the BCCI eventually making a return in the 1996–97 tour of West Indies. In the second Test at Queen's Park Oval, he scored adouble century.[8] The 201, his highest score in Tests lasted 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.[9]
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 scored 27 First class centuries in an 18-year career.
Some of the nicknames he earned were "Sixer Sidhu" for his prolific batting performances and "Jonty Singh" with respect to his improved fielding in his late career, Jonty Rhodes being the best fielder at that time.[10]
Commentator and television career[edit]
Sidhu started his career as a commentator when India toured Sri Lanka in 2001. As a commentator, Sidhu was noted for his one-liners, which came to be known as "Sidhuisms".
After he was sacked from ESPN-Star for swearing on air, he worked for Ten Sports. He also regularly appears as a "cricket analyst" on various Indian news channels. He started to work again for ESPN Star Sports in 2012. Nowadays he is a Hindi commentator.
He also figured as a judge on the television programme The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. He also appeared in other similar programmes, such as Funjabi Chak De. He has acted in a TV series called Kareena Kareena as himself. He was a contestant on the reality showBigg Boss 6, and had to make an exit from the show on account of political grounds.[11]
He used to feature in a comedy show named Comedy Nights with Kapil.
He is seen as a permanent guest on The Kapil Sharma Show.
Nowadays he is seen in a game show called Family Time With Kapil.
He launched a website, sherryontopp.com, that covers all his sides of a sportsman, politician and commentator in the presence of cricket legend Kapil Dev and Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan.[12]
He was banned by the ICC from commentating in Bangladesh's games, due to racial comments thrown indirectly towards the Bangladesh team.[citation needed]
- Parody
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."[citation needed]
Politics[edit]
Sidhu won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from the Amritsar seat in the Indian general elections, 2004. After resigning due to a court case against him, he stood again after the ruling was stayed. He won a by-election with a good majority. In the 2009 general elections defeating Om Prakash Soni of INC by 6858 votes.[13] This was what Sidhu had to say after not being nominated as party's from Amritsar in the Indian general election, 2014.
Reiterating that he has no opposition to the decision as he considered himself as Arun Jaitley's protege. However, he was firm on his stand of not contesting from any constituency while accepting the decision, whole heartedly, announced by the party.[14]
Navjot Singh Sidhu took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on 28 April 2016. As per reports, Sidhu was given the Rajya Sabha nomination in a bid to prevent him from joining theAam Aadmi Party.[15] However he resigned from the Rajya Sabha on 18 July 2016.[16]
He along with Pargat Singh and Bains brothers formed a new political front - Aawaaz-e-Punjab claiming to fight against those working against Punjab.[17]
In January 2017, Sidhu joined the Indian National Congress. Contesting from Amritsar East in the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections, he won the election by a margin of 42,809 votes.[18]Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year.[19]
Conviction for homicide[edit]
In 1991 Sidhu was accused of assaulting Gurnam Singh and causing his death.[20] He was arrested by Punjab Police after the incident and had to spend many days lodged in a Patiala jail. It was reported that Sidhu had an accomplice who helped him in the murder of Gurnam Singh, the name of the accomplice was Bhupinder Singh Sandhu. However, Sidhu denied all charges against him.[21] Sidhu claimed in court that he was innocent and "falsely involved in this case by the complainant party".[20] Jaswinder Singh, nephew of Gurnam Singh, claimed that he was a witness to the crime and was ready to testify in the Supreme Court of India.[22]
In December 2006, Sidhu was found guilty and sentenced to a three-year prison term forculpable homicide following a road rage incident. Following the sentencing, Sidhu resigned as a Member of Parliament and in January 2007 appealed to the Supreme Court.[23] Supreme Court stayed his conviction and sentence allowing him to contest and win the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in February 2007.[24]
Other controversies[edit]
In March 2018, two of his bank accounts were seized for nonpayment of taxes by the Income Tax Department.[citation needed]
Screen appearances[edit]
Sidhu made a cameo appearance in the 2004 Hindi film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as a commentator during a cricket match.[25] In the 2008 Punjabi language filmMera 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 a living a successful life abroad.[26] 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.[27]
Television[edit]
Year | Show | Role(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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2005–2008 | The Great Indian Laughter Challenge | Judge | [28] | |
2006 | Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa | God | [29] | |
2007–2008 | Funjabbi Chak De | Judge | [30] | |
2008–2016 | Extraaa Innings T20 | Himself | Member of expert panel | [31] |
2010 | Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega | Guest judge | [32] | |
2012 | Bigg Boss 6 | Contestant | [33] | |
2013–2016 | Comedy Nights with Kapil | Permanent guest | [34] | |
2016–2017 | The Kapil Sharma Show | [35] | ||
2017 | Har Mard Ka Dard | Monty's father | [36] | |
2018 | Family Time With Kapil Sharma | Permanent |
International centuries[edit]
Test centuries[edit]
Test centuries of Navjot Singh Sidhu | |||||||
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No | Runs | Match | Against | City/country | Venue | Start date | Result |
[1] | 116 | 3 | New Zealand | Bangalore,India | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 12 November 1988 | Won |
[2] | 116 | 9 | West Indies | Kingston, Jamaica | Sabina Park | 28 April 1989 | Lost |
[3] | 106 | 22 | England | Madras, India | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 11 February 1993 | Won |
[4] | 104 | 26 | Sri Lanka | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 27 July 1994 | Won |
[5] | 124 | 28 | Sri Lanka | Lucknow, India | K. D. Singh Babu Stadium | 18 January 1994 | Won |
[6] | 107 | 33 | West Indies | Nagpur, India | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground | 1 December 1994 | Drawn |
[7] | 201 | 38 | West Indies | Port of Spain, Trinidad | Queen's Park Oval | 14 March 1997 | Drawn |
[8] | 111 | 41 | Sri Lanka | Colombo,Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium | 2 August 1997 | Drawn |
[9] | 131 | 43 | Sri Lanka | Mohali, India | PCA IS Bindra Stadium | 19 November 1997 | Drawn |
ODI centuries[edit]
One Day International centuries of Navjot Singh Sidhu | |||||||
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No | Runs | Match | Against | City/country | Venue | Start date | Result |
[1] | 108 | 25 | Pakistan | Sharjah,UAE | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 15 October 1989 | Lost |
[2] | 104* | 40 | Bangladesh | Chandigarh, India | Sector 16 Stadium | 25 December 1990 | Won |
[3] | 134* | 55 | England | Gwalior, India | Captain Roop Singh Stadium | 4 March 1993 | Won |
[4] | 108 | 63 | Sri Lanka | Rajkot, India | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | 15 February 1994 | Won |
[5] | 114* | 84 | West Indies | Visakhapatnam, India | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | 7 November 1994 | Won |
[6] | 101 | 103 | Pakistan | Sharjah, UAE | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 15 April 1996 | Won |
International awards[edit]
- Sidhu was named one of the five Indian Cricket Cricketers of the Year for 1989.[37]
Test cricket[edit]
Man-of-the-match awards[edit]
No. | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match performance[38] | Result |
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1 | Pakistan | Jinnah Stadium,Sialkot | 9 December 1989 | 179 runs | Draw[39] |
2 | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval,Port of Spain | 14 March 1997 | 271 runs | Draw[40] |
One Day International cricket[edit]
Man of the match awards[edit]
No. | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match performance[41] | Result |
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1 | Bangladesh | MA Aziz Stadium,Chittagong | 27 October 1988 | 1 Ct. ; 50* (71 balls: 4x4, 1x6) | Indiawon by 9 wickets.[42] |
2 | Sri Lanka | Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka | 4 November 1988 | 76* (87 balls: 4x4, 3x6) | Indiawon by 6 wickets.[43] |
3 | New Zealand | Barabati Stadium,Cuttack | 12 December 1988 | 67 (108 balls: 2x4, 1x6) | Indiawon by 5 wickets.[44] |
4 | Pakistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 15 October 1989 | 108 (121 balls: 8x4, 1x6) | Pakistanwon by 6 wickets.[45] |
5 | Sri Lanka | Sardar Patel Stadium,Ahmedabad | 22 October 1989 | 80* (88 balls: 5x4, 1x6) ; 1 Ct. | Indiawon by 6 runs.[46] |
6 | Sri Lanka | Sector 16 Stadium,Chandigarh | 25 December 1990 | 104* (109 balls: 10x4, 3x6) | Indiawon by 9 wickets.[47] |
7 | England | Sector 16 Stadium,Chandigarh | 21 January 1993 | 76 (107 balls: 5x4, 2x6) | Indiawon by 5 wickets.[48] |
8 | England | Captain Roop Singh Stadium,Gwalior | 4 March 1993 | 134* (160 balls: 15x4) | Indiawon by 3 wickets.[49] |
9 | Sri Lanka | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground,Rajkot | 15 February 1994 | 108 (132 balls: 8x4) | Indiawon by 8 runs.[50] |
10 | West Indies | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | 20 October 1994 | 65* (102 balls: 4x4, 2x6) | Indiawon by 8 runs.[51] |
11 | West Indies | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium,Visakhapatnam | 7 November 1994 | 114* (103 balls: 9x4, 2x6) | Indiawon by 4 runs.[52] |
12 | Australia | Carisbrook,Dunedin | 22 February 1995 | 54 (70 balls: 4x4, 1x6) | Indiawon by 5 wickets.[53] |
13 | Pakistan | M Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore | 9 March 1996 | 93 (115 balls: 11x4) | Indiawon by 39 runs.[54] |
Man-of-the-series awards[edit]
No. | Opponent/Tournament[55] | Date | Series performance[41] | Result |
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1 | 1988 Asia Cup | October–November 1988 | 179 runs at an average of 59.66; 1 catch | Won |
2 | England tour of India | January–March 1993 | 287 runs at an average of 57.40; 1 catch | Draw; 3–3 |
3 | Sri Lanka tour of India | January–February 1994 | 233 runs at an average of 77.66 | Won; 2–1 |
4 | 1995 Asia Cup | April 1995 | 197 runs at an average of 98.50; 1 catch | Won |
Career best performances[edit]
Batting | ||||
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Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | |
Test | 201 | West Indies v India | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1997[56] |
ODI | 134* | India v England | Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior | 1993[57] |
FC | 286 | Jamaica v Indians | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1989[58] |
LA | 139 | Punjab v Jammu and Kashmir | Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar | 1996[59] |
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