BEHRAMPORE: When Irfan Pathan hits the bottom, crowds go berserk – even when it’s a political pitch. So, when the previous India pacer took to the streets right here on Thursday to marketing campaign for his elder brother and Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Yusuf Pathan, additionally a former India cricketer, followers gathered alongside his rally route in hundreds.
Cricket fanatics tossed something from bats to T-shirts at him, wanting them to be autographed as Irfan accompanied Yusuf on a six-km-long street present from Belda to Rejinagar.
And the dapper ex-cricketer —now widespread as a commentator — wearing a denims, T-shirt and aviators, greeted them with a smile. Behrampore will vote on Might 13.
On the finish of the roadshow, he addressed a big gathering that waited for him. “
Mera bhai bolta kam hain par kaam zyada karta hai. Agar inko koi half volley ball karta hai toh yeh usko stand ke bahar pohocha deta hai. Aap inhain vote denge toh yeh aapka har kaam kar dega. Yeh Pathan ki zuban hai
(My brother talks much less however works exhausting. If a ball is hurled at him in a half volley, he hits it out of the bottom. When you vote for him, he’ll get all of your work completed. It is a Pathan’s phrase),” Irfan stated.
Yusuf Pathan has not often watched a cricket match this IPL season, not even that of KKR, a group he represented for over 4 years. As an alternative, the previous India all-rounder — who has been a member of two World Cup profitable squads — has been relentlessly touring the size and breadth of Behrampore from the place he’s contesting because the TMC candidate.
From rallies to street reveals, from boosting confidence of social gathering staff in conferences to gathering suggestions from his social media group, Pathan is leaving no stone unturned to wrest the seat for the TMC which it has by no means received earlier.
This Lok Sabha constituency has, for the previous two-decadeand-a-half, elected Adhir Chowdhury as its MP.
Chowdhury has been profitable the Behrampore seat since 1999, two years earlier than Pathan made his first-class cricket debut. He has introduced he’ll stop politics if he loses the 2024 polls.
Cricket fanatics tossed something from bats to T-shirts at him, wanting them to be autographed as Irfan accompanied Yusuf on a six-km-long street present from Belda to Rejinagar.
And the dapper ex-cricketer —now widespread as a commentator — wearing a denims, T-shirt and aviators, greeted them with a smile. Behrampore will vote on Might 13.
On the finish of the roadshow, he addressed a big gathering that waited for him. “
Mera bhai bolta kam hain par kaam zyada karta hai. Agar inko koi half volley ball karta hai toh yeh usko stand ke bahar pohocha deta hai. Aap inhain vote denge toh yeh aapka har kaam kar dega. Yeh Pathan ki zuban hai
(My brother talks much less however works exhausting. If a ball is hurled at him in a half volley, he hits it out of the bottom. When you vote for him, he’ll get all of your work completed. It is a Pathan’s phrase),” Irfan stated.
Yusuf Pathan has not often watched a cricket match this IPL season, not even that of KKR, a group he represented for over 4 years. As an alternative, the previous India all-rounder — who has been a member of two World Cup profitable squads — has been relentlessly touring the size and breadth of Behrampore from the place he’s contesting because the TMC candidate.
From rallies to street reveals, from boosting confidence of social gathering staff in conferences to gathering suggestions from his social media group, Pathan is leaving no stone unturned to wrest the seat for the TMC which it has by no means received earlier.
This Lok Sabha constituency has, for the previous two-decadeand-a-half, elected Adhir Chowdhury as its MP.
Chowdhury has been profitable the Behrampore seat since 1999, two years earlier than Pathan made his first-class cricket debut. He has introduced he’ll stop politics if he loses the 2024 polls.
