He is an Indian politician, International cricketer, and television personality. I talk about his recent position in India he is president of the Punjab Pradesh congress committee. He was minister of tourism and cultural affairs in the local government of Punjab.
He was a professional cricketer. He spent over 19 years in international cricket from 1981-84. In the world cup 1987, he scored half-centuries. He was a top-order batsman. He played 51 tests and 136 one day international for our country. He is also called “sixer Sidhu”. When he retired from cricket his start commentary and also judge the comedy shows in Comedy Night with Kapil from 2013 to 2015. Later he joins the Kapil Sharma Show from 2016 to 2019. He also participates in the reality show named “Bigg Boss in the year 2012. Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa also the show in which Sidhu appeared.
Sidhu also joins the Bharatiya Janata Party (2004) from Amritsar. He won the election held the seat till 2014 and also wins the next election. In the year 2016, he was nominated for the Rajya Sabha from Punjab. In the year 2017, he join the Indian national congress and he was elected in the Punjab legislative assembly from Amritsar.
Navjot Singh Sidhu Brief biography
| Nickname- sixer Sidhu, Sidhu Paaji |
| Profession- cricketer, commentator, politician |
| Political party-BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party from year 2004-2016 |
| Indian National Congress from 2017 to present |
| Eye color- light brown |
| Hair color- black |
| Height- 6’2″ |
| Birthday- 20th October 1963 |
| Birthplace- Patiala, Punjab, India |
| Age- 57 years |
| Zodiac sign- Libra |
| Hometown- Patiala |
| Nationality- Indian |
| School- Yadavindra Public School, Patiala |
| College- Mohindra College, Punjab University, Chandigarh |
| Education qualification- graduate |
| Family members |
| Father- Late Sardar Bhagwant Singh (cricketer) |
| Mother- Late Nirmal Sidhu |
| Brother- none |
| Sister- Late Neelam Mahajan, Suman Toor |
| Wife- Navjot Kaur Sidhu |
| Daughter- Rabia Sidhu |
| Son- Karan Sidhu |
| Religion- Sikhism |
| Hobbies- internet surfing, cricket |
| Caste- Jat Sikh |
| Cars collection- Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Fortuner, Mini Cooper |
| Money related factor of Sidhu |
| Salary (approx) – INR 10 Crore |
| Net worth (approx)- 45.37 Crore |
Political timeline of Sidhu
- In the year 2021- congress high command appoint Mr. Sidhu as president of Punjab
- In the year 2019- he resigned from the cabinet of Punjab on 20 July 2021
- In the year 2017-he joined the congress party again. He is currently serving the nation to take the ministry of tourism and culture of Punjab
- In the year 2016- 28th April, he takes oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha
- In the year 2016- 18th July, he resigned from Rajya Sabha
- His success at the world cup in the year 1987
Mr. Sidhu started his cricket journey in the year 1981, when he played for Punjab against the Amritsar team. Through the opening of the inning, he made 51 runs without running out. Then he was called up for the Indian Test team in the year 1983. He scored 122 runs. They were playing against the touring West Indies team. Sidhu played for the national team and four years later, at the world cup he made his first debut against Australia in ODI (one day international). He made 79 balls 73 runs, including five sixes and four fours. India loses the match. In the next game, the match against New Zealand Sidhu scored 75 runs hit four sixes and four fours. That helps to win the world cup. He also scored a half-century against Australia and Zimbabwe (51 and 50) he becomes the first player half-century debut who debut in the one-day international. Then they won the Asian cup trophy.
He returns to the test team
He made his comeback after five years replace the payer Mohinder Amaranth with the test against New Zealand in the year 1988. In the match, they were batting for 295 minutes. He made 116 in 195 balls. Include four sixes and 12 fours. Sidhu dropped from the Test series against Pakistan. He announced his retirement from the game in the year December 1999. His total score and he played 51 test matches in 100 ODI and scoring 7000 international runs.
Commentator and television
In the year 2001, when Indian team toured Sri Lanka Sidhu applied for commentator and due to his speaking ability he selected and that commentator match telecast on the Sony max. He signed up for commentary for ESPN-star and also with ten sports. He also appeared on the news channel for expert views about cricket matches.
Sidhu joins the television show named The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and other show names Funjabi Chak De and also part of the show Kareena Kareena. He was also a contestant in the show Bigg Boss 6. He exited the show due to some political reason in the year 2012.
In the year 2013, he was seen in the other comedy show name Comedy Night with Kapil as a permanent guest. The show ends in the year 2016. He was also a permanent guest in the show The Kapil Sharma Show season 1 and 2 of the comedy show.
In the year 2019, he was trapped in the controversy of supporting Pakistan in response to the Pulwama Terrorist Attack according to that attack they killed 40 people in Indian border security forces. Then he left season 2 of The Kapil Sharma Show. Now, this show is replaced by Archana Puran Singh. She is also a permanent guest in the show for the replacement of Navjot Singh Sidhu.
