NEW DELHI – Yet another Indian cricketer has joined the politics.

Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has become the latest cricketer to join thenational politics.

According to reports in the Indian media, Gambhir will be contesting theupcoming elections from Delhi on a ticket from the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

The Delhi-based batsman was instrumental in helping India win the T20IWorld Cup 2007 and World Cup 2011 playing solid knocks in finals of boththe tournaments.

The 36-year-old joins the like of former Indian cricketers MohammadAzharuddin, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Mohammad Kaif, Praveen Kumar, Vinod Kambli,Kirti Azad and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who turned to a life of serving thepublic.

Gambhir who last played for India in a Test match in 2016, has played 58Tests and 147 ODIs for the country scoring 9392 including 20 centuries,however, he has not featured in a limited overs encounter since 2012.