From World Cup to Lok Sabha elections, from Ian Botham to Ghosh, Azad has been defeating his opponents

Kirti Azad won the Bardhaman-Durgapur seat in West Bengal by 1,37,981 votes. Azad defeated one of the senior BJP leaders in a constituency that was not at all familiar to him when he was first declared a TMC candidate. He eventually returned as a proud Lok Sabha member by securing 7,20,667 votes.

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At the Oval in London, Kirti Azad had bowled Botham with a low delivery. The disappointment on the face of the world's number one all-rounder was evident at that time. On Tuesday, when this 65-year-old former cricketer from Bihar defeated Ghosh in a city in Bengal, it could be called one of the biggest victories of the Trinamool Congress. This seat has a considerable population of non-Bengalis.

Those who understand Bengal politics may argue that former BJP state president Ghosh was forced to contest from unfamiliar territory, but then this area was not very familiar to Azad either. By the way, this is the third time that Azad has won a Lok Sabha election. Earlier, Azad had won two consecutive elections for the BJP from Darbhanga in Bihar. Later
He joined the Congress due to a dispute with the late Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in the administration of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA).

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If the presence of Azad's close friend Kapil Dev gave him a boost in his short international career, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave a second lease of life to his political career. It may have been less skill and more luck, but Azad, a World Cup winner, former Delhi Ranji captain, national selector and a staunch critic of Jaitley, always knew how to stay in the news.

Many believe that Azad was one of the first Indian batsmen in domestic cricket to understand the 'doosra' delivery bowled by off-spinners in the early and mid-80s, when many bowlers did not even know what it was.

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