Anurag Thakur, BJP MP at present and former Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs of India, has played a spectacular shot over the Point region for an over boundary. The shot from the 50-year-old politician, who was a cricketer in his early days, amazed the cricket fans on and off the MCA Cricket Stadium.

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Recently, on March 22 (Saturday), a T20 match was held between politicians and Bollywood celebrities, which was an effort to raise awareness of tuberculosis. Politician XI was led by Anurag Thakur, and on the other hand, Abhheta XI's skipper was Shunil Shetty. Shetty's team emerged victorious against the politicians XI in a steady manner. But one of the highlighted and eye-catching moments of the match was from the Politician XI side. Under the leadership of Thakur, Neta XI was able to put a humongous 249 score on board, thanks to the former cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan. 

Pathan, like the good old days, was hitting boundaries and over boundaries for fun to score a hundred. He scored a total of 119, and former team India captain Mohammad Azharuddin played a 54-run innings. A classy Azharuddin, entertaining Pathan—perhaps these were expected. But who thought that Anurag Thakur could pull off this kind of shot under his belt? It was an absolutely surprising moment in the match. 

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This is a pro level batting 🔥 pic.twitter.com/v8VsnD4dAN

— Politics Pe Charcha (@politicscharcha) March 26, 2025

Needless to say, Thakur was a talented cricketer in his young age who played a Ranji Trophy match for Himachal Pradesh. Despite notable moments from Neta XI, it was the Abhineta XI who launched at last.

Neta XI: Anurag Thakur (C), Ram Mohan Naidu, Manoj Tiwari, Azharuddin, Pathan, Shrikant Shinde, Lavu Sri Krishna, Deepender Hooda, Gurmeet Hayer, K. Sudhakar, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Kamlesh Paswan.Abineta XI: Sunil Shetty (C), Sohail Khan, Sharad Kelkar, Raja Bhervani, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Daruwala Freddy, Sameer Kochar, Navdeep Tomar, Sunny Deol, Abhishek Kapoor, Siddharth Jadhav, and Muddasir Bhat.