Published: Sep 11, 2016, 03:35 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 11, 2016, 04:14 PM (IST)
Cricketers enjoy a massive fan following and have the tendency to influence thousands. Cricket and politics share a very old bond. In the past, many cricketers have joined politics and on this occasion Indian cricketer, Praveen Kumar becomes the latest member to join the bandwagon. Praveen has joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls. Praveen, after meeting the Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav, and told the reporters, “”I have met CM and decided to join the party. I will do whatever is possible for the party.” When asked if he would contest the state assembly polls, Kumar quipped, “I am a kid in this field. As of now I will try to learn it (politics).”
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Praveen further spoke highly about Yadav and said that the chief minister has done a lot for the sports development in Meerut and some huge stadiums are under construction at Lucknow and Saifai.
Besides sports, the right-arm medium-pace bowler said, the chief minister has done a lot of work for all round development of the state. Praveen is a domestic giant and has represented India in six Tests and 68 One-Day Internationals (ODIs). It will be interesting to see how Praveen bowls on the new platform. Twitterati has trolled Praveen for this move as social media platforms have become an active place for people to voice their opinion. Check out some of the funny tweets from the micro blogging site, where Praveen has been trolled big time for his decision to join Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of Uttar Pradesh election.
Cricketer Praveen Kumar, once upon a time an on-field ‘Gunda’, has now become a certified goon by joining Samajwadi Party in UP.#Cricket
— Chinmay Jawalekar(@CricfreakTweets) September 11, 2016
Cricketer Praveen Kumar ‘s “mentally unfit” and “Code of Conduct” qualities can match with the Stalwarts like Azam Khan, Mulayam in SP !! — ಏನ್ ನಿನ್ ಪ್ರಾಬ್ಲಮ್ (@arunbtgbd) September 11, 2016
@timesofindia @praveenkumar He is a secular too. I didn’t knew. — Rohan Agarwal (@Rohanaggarwal) September 11, 2016
“Cricketer Praveen Kumar” was a mediocre cricketer, He has rightly joined a good for nothing party. Birds with same feather flock together
— Madhav (@mahesh10816) September 11, 2016
“Cricketer Praveen Kumar” I suspected him to be half mad par Yeh to too much ho gaya
— Raja Hindustani (@trollskaraja) September 11, 2016
“Cricketer Praveen Kumar” Sajjan So Sajjan Mile…howe 2-2 baat….Gahda so Gahda mile…khawe laat pe laat….(gahda = GADHA): KABEER DAS — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvlndKejriwal) September 11, 2016
Cricketers & Actors r Joining Politics as Students Join #IITJEE & #NEET Coaching aft 12th. Cricketer Praveen kumar joined SP. — Sir Rohit Sharma (@SirRohitSharma_) September 11, 2016
Cricketer (?) Praveen Kumar joins SP. @yadavakhilesh ke acche din aa gaye.
Hope he can handle mood swings of average Speed bowlerTRENDING NOW
— Alpha (@yourtypo) September 11, 2016
