82 Facts About Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was born on 20 October 1965 and is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu came to be known for his six-hitting ability and earned the sobriquet "Sixer Sidhu".

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss and was seen in the show Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 and contested the general election from Amritsar that year.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu won the election and held the seat till 2014 winning the next election.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2016 from Punjab before he resigned from the position the same year and quitting the party.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu lost in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Amritsar East Assembly constituency.

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In 1988, Navjot Singh Sidhu was involved in road rage incident of assault and causing the death of a man.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was released after serving nearly 10 months of his sentence at Patiala Jail.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu's father, Sardar Bhagwant Singh was a decent cricket player and wanted to see his son Navjot as a top-class cricketer.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu studied in Mumbai at HR College of Commerce and Economics.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was elected to the Lok Sabha as a member from Amritsar in 2004 on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket; he later resigned, following his conviction in 2006.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu is the present president of World Jat Aryan Foundation.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu is married to Navjot Kaur Sidhu, a doctor and a former member of Punjab Legislative Assembly.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu made his first-class debut in November 1981 playing for Punjab against Services in Amritsar.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was called up to the Indian Test team in November 1983 after he scored a century for the North Zone playing against the touring West Indies team the previous month.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was drafted to the Test team as a replacement to an injured Dilip Vengsarkar for the Third Test in Ahmedabad.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored 20 runs in 90 minutes before he was booed out of the ground upon dismissal.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was recalled to the national team only four years later, for the World Cup.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored two more successive fifties, against Australia and Zimbabwe, and in the process, became the first player to record four successive half-centuries on debut in ODIs.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu carried his fine form into the Asia Cup the following year helping his team regain the trophy.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored a half-century in the opening match against hosts Bangladesh before making another in the final, receiving man of the match awards for both performances.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu finished the tournament scoring three fifties in four innings aggregating to 179 runs and was named man of the tournament.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu made his return to the Test side after five years, replacing Mohinder Amarnath, with a century in first innings of the Bangalore Test against New Zealand in November 1988.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu made 116 while opening the innings retiring hurt 30 minutes before end of play on day one after suffering from cramp in the legs.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu totalled 179 runs at an average of 29.83 for the series.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu injured his wrist in the First Test of India's tour of New Zealand later that season, while facing an aggressive spell of fast bowling by Danny Morrison, ruling him out of the series.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu had a poor tour of England and Australia averaging 11.20 and 20.40, totalling 56 and 102 runs respectively, both three-Test series.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was recalled when England toured India later that season.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu made his third Test hundred in the Second Test in Madras, scoring 106 off 273 balls while opening the innings.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu struck a partnership with Tendulkar who made 165 taking their team to 560 before declaration.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu particularly attacked spinner John Emburey in his innings that included nine fours.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu aggregated 235 in the series at 58.75.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was India's best performer in the ODI series that followed, scoring 287 runs at 57.40.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu played two match-winning knocks: a 76 in Chandigarh followed by an unbeaten 134 in Gwalior.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu received man of the match awards for both performances.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu put together a 175-run stand with Mohammad Azharuddin for the third wicket.

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En route to his century, Navjot Singh Sidhu passed 2,000 runs in ODIs.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu told in an interview that an article criticising his dismal performance changed his cricketing life.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored over 500 Test runs in a year thrice.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was the first Indian batsman to score more than 5 centuries in one day internationals.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu walked out of India's 1996 tour of England citing differences with captain Mohammad Azharuddin.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored a double century in the Second Test at Port of Spain, his first in Tests.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu reached his century on day two, and after having scored only 94 runs on the third day, reached the double on the morning of day four.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in December 1999.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu played 51 Test matches and over 100 ODIs scoring over 7,000 international runs.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored 27 First class centuries in an 18-year career.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu started his career as a commentator when India toured Sri Lanka in 2001.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu regularly appeared as an expert on various Indian news channels.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu started to work again for ESPN Star Sports in 2012.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was a part of the team that commentated for Sony during the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu figured as a judge on the television programme The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu appeared in other similar programmes, such as Funjabi Chak De.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu has acted in a TV series called Kareena Kareena as himself.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss 6, and had to make an exit from the show on account of political grounds in 2012.

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In 2013, Navjot Singh Sidhu was seen in the comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil as a permanent guest until the show ended in 2016.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was seen as a permanent guest on The Kapil Sharma Show season 1 and 2 and Family Time With Kapil Sharma.

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In early 2019, Navjot Singh Sidhu caused controversy when he was interpreted as supporting Pakistan, in his response to the Pulwama Terrorist Attack that killed 40 personnel of India's border security forces.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was asked to leave season 2 of The Kapil Sharma Show that he had been a permanent guest on for a long time, and was replaced by Archana Puran Singh.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu made a cameo appearance in the 2004 Hindi film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as a commentator during a cricket match.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from the Amritsar seat in the 2004 Indian general elections.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu won a by-election with a good majority.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on 28 April 2016.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was sworn in as a minister in the cabinet.

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In 2018, Navjot Singh Sidhu went to Pakistan for swearing in event of Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan.

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In June 2019, Sidhu was sacked from the Local Bodies Ministry and Tourism ministry by CM Amarinder Singh.

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On 14 July 2019, Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted a copy of his resignation from the Punjab Cabinet, dated 10 June 2019 and addressed to Rahul Gandhi.

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Later, Navjot Singh Sidhu openly criticised the Punjab Government about their handling of the Sacrilege Case, however the party termed it as a diversity of views.

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On 18 July 2021, Navjot Singh Sidhu was appointed as President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee replacing Shri Sunil Jakhar.

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On 28 September 2021, Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as Punjab Congress President.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu sent his resignation letter to the party chief Sonia Gandhi.

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On 15 February 2019, during an appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show, Navjot Singh Sidhu condemned the recent attack on Indian soldiers in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir as "cowardly and dastardly".

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BJP leader Giriraj Singh demanded that Sidhu be expelled from the Congress Party.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu criticised Indian Air force's anti-terrorism operation at Balakot in Pakistan.

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Sidhu along with his friend Rupinder Singh Sandhu were accused of assaulting and causing the death of a 65-year-old man named Gurnam Singh.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was arrested by Punjab Police after the incident and was lodged in Patiala jail for several days.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was charged with murder along with Sandhu as co-accused.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu pleaded not guilty and denied all charges against him.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu claimed in court that he was "falsely involved in this case by the complainant party".

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Jaswinder Navjot Singh Sidhu, nephew of Gurnam Navjot Singh Sidhu, claimed that he was a witness to the quarrel and was ready to testify in the Supreme Court of India.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu was imprisoned in Patiala Jail along with his rival Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia against whom Sidhu contested in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.