New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) Kirti Azad could always measure his opponents on 22 yards, but on the political pitch he was required to show the nous to tame an “unknown enemy”, and this time it was former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh.

Azad, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team and a two-time former BJP MP from Bihar’s Darbhanga, stunned political heavyweight Ghosh by a handsome margin of 1.38 lakh from Burdwan-Durgapur constituency in this general election.

Azad said he was indebted to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for giving him a “new life”.

“I owe this to Didi (Mamata). She showed faith in me and gave me a new lease of life,” Azad, one of the most colourful characters in Delhi cricket, told

Source: PTI News