World Cup-winning cricketer turned politician Gautam Gambhir has hit a six off his first ball in politics by winning the East Delhi constituency on a BJP ticket in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with wife Natasha Jain at Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta's wedding reception.
Gautam Gambhir won by a huge margin of over 3 Lakh votes while competing against Aam Aadmi Party's Atishi and Congress candidate Arvinder Singh Lovely.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with wife Natasha Jain at Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's wedding reception.
After conceding defeat, Gautam Gambhir's political rival Atishi congratulated Gambhir and said that she will "always be available for help and collaboration for the betterment of East Delhi".
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with wife Natasha Jain at Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's wedding reception.
While the counting was on, Twitter went berserk with the news of Gautam Gambhir leading and a few Twitteratis started using cricket symbolisms to describe his lead. One such user tweeted, "The way Gautam Gambhir is leading, he can enforce follow on soon. #LokSabhaElections2019"
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain and his two daughters Aazeen and Anaiza
Earlier during the fierce campaigning between BJP and AAP for the East Delhi constituency, a personal war had erupted between Gautam Gambhir and AAP candidate Atishi.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain and his two daughters Aazeen and Anaiza
The charge was vehemently denied by the cricket star turned politician Gautam Gambhir who said he would quit the race if the allegation was proved. Gambhir also posted tweets accusing AAP of making up the allegations in order to try and win the election.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain and his two daughters Aazeen and Anaiza
Not a stranger to controversies, Gautam Gambhir was involved in another spat, when the former Indian team mental coach Paddy Upton said that Gambhir was probably the most mentally unstable cricketer he had come across.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his two daughters Aazeen and Anaiza
Gautam Gambhir had retorted to the allegations by saying, "I don't see anything sinister with what Paddy wrote. He is a top guy and I see this as his personal opinion. He just missed two important things: firstly, he didn't state all the other facts and secondly, he failed to explain the perspective. Anyone would like to have a guy who is not satisfied with his current achievements. So in short, I wasn't satisfied with a 100 and wanted to have more,"
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain
Now after the win, Gautam Gambhir has a long road ahead and it will be interesting to see what changes does Gautam Gambhir bring to the betterment of East Delhi.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain and his daughter Aazeen
Gautam Gambhir shared this photo along with wife Natasha and his two daughters from one of their vacations and captioned it, '...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world! #vacation #family'
In cricket, Gautam Gambhir has had a stellar career. He has won two World Cups with the Indian cricket team, first was the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and the other won was the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his two daughters Aazeen and Anaiza
On his wife's birthday, Gambhir posted this photo with a creative caption: Natasha, you've been at my side from the center wicket to the central hall. You've always been my strength. Happy birthday and lots of love to my angels
Gautam Gambhir has also had a shining career in the IPL, where he led Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title in the 2012 and 2014 editions.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain and his two daughters Aazeen and Anaiza
Gambhir shared a photo with his daughters and added a hilarious caption: Gautam the cricketer, a terrible catcher!!! Gautam the father, an exceptional catcher!!!
Gautam Gambhir has also led the Delhi state team domestic cricket and has been one of the stalwarts for the team in its history.
In pic: Gautam Gambhir with his wife Natasha Jain during a rally
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