10 Cricketers Who Have Contested in Lok Sabha Elections

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Yusuf Pathan

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Gautam Gambhir

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Anurag Thakur

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Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Kirti Azad

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Mohammad Kaif

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Chetan Sharma

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MAK Pataudi

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Mohammad Azharuddin

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Manoj Prabhakar

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Chetan Chauhan

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