5 Indian players who might join politics in future

Nowadays politics is becoming equally famous as cricket among people, especially youth. As a result of it, political parties are not leaving any stone unturned to use the popularity and fan base of the game India worship the most i.e. cricket. They have roped in the famous personalities of the game with the likes of Mohammad Azharuddin, Navjot Singh Sidhu.

The political parties from other countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka also applied the same formula to make gains from the huge fan following of the iconic cricket players who had represented their respective country. Recently, just when the Lok Sabha elections are around the corner, the ruling BJP party pulled in former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and thus the left-handed batsman became the latest entrant to Indian politics from the game of cricket.

As the youth is getting more and more involved in politics, there are chances that we might see many more Indian cricketers joining one political party or the other.

Here we look at five Indian cricketers who might join politics in the future:

1. Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly is always known as the player who lifted the Indian cricket after the infamous match-fixing saga. The Prince of Kolkata was an excellent leader on the field who never backed down from the responsibilities and his attitude towards the game made him the greatest player to have played the game. He was an excellent reader of the game and was known to think fast and efficiently.

During his playing days, the 46-year-old had a huge fan base due to the aggressive kind of attitude he possessed that was liked by people all around the world. Currently, Dada serves as the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal and given his popularity among fans and his dedication to making a better society there are chances of him joining politics in future.