5 Cricketers who became real-life heroes

3. Gautam Gambhir

When Gautam Gambhir scored 75 runs in the final of the ICC World T20 2007, the world saw he was a big-match player. He once again repeated the feat with a valiant 97-run knock in the 2011 world cup final.

However, Gambhir did not have a long international career as he would have hoped. He was dropped from the national side in early 2013 and since then he barely played any cricket for India. However, he had a prominent presence in the domestic circuit as well as the IPL.

Ahead of 2019 general elections in India, Gambhir joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and fought elections from the East Delhi constituency. He won the election and became the member of parliament. Apart from being a politician who has served his constituency right and also worked hard as a politician, he has also over the years donated several amounts of money to the welfare of the society and helped the people who are in need of money.