Watch: Charged Up Gautam Gambhir Challenges Arvind Kejriwal For Open Debate

Former India batsmen Gautam Gambhir is one of the most decorated opening batsmen in the history of Indian cricket. Gambhir was one of the most sought after players in the world in the second half of the last decade when India was a dominant force across formats. He was an integral part of the team across all the three formats and was also one of the batting mainstays.

Gambhir was the top-scorer when India beat Pakistan in the final of the inaugural World T20. The southpaw was looking destined to create his own legacy in the game. His reputation was further enhanced after his starring performance in the 2011 World Cup. Gambhir had top-scored with 97 to help India beat Sri Lanka and win the World Cup after 28 years. Overall, Gambhir made 58 Test appearances for India, accumulating 4154 runs at an average of 41.95.

His 147 ODI games fetched 5238 runs, while in 37 T20 Internationals, he scored 932 runs. In 2009, he had bagged the ICC Player of the Year Award.

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The batting legend is now gearing up for another innings – Politics. He is BJPs candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency The 37-year-old is facing the challenge of retaining the seat for the BJP from where the party’s Maheish Girri was elected in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. And Gambhir seems to have become a pro politician already.

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Gambhir, on Thursday, called out Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for an open debate. Addressing a rally in Delhi’s Shastri Park, Gautam Gambhir invited Arvind Kejriwal for a debate on an open platform.

“Over the last 2-3 day, talks are high that I am scared of debate. When I did not get scared of Pakistan, how can I get scared of debate. Some people have been talking that I got scared of debate. So now, through the medium of this platform, I challenge the chief of Aam Aadmi Party that you took 4.5 years and I have been active in politics for 4.5 days. He must give me half of 4.5 years in this politics, then the date and place will be decided by him,” Gambhir said.

“He will be deciding the date and the place. The debate will happen and it will happen in a public meeting, neither in a room nor on social media. I challenge AAP chief to accept the challenge in a public rally and not on any social media or interview,” he added.

Here is the clip where Gautam Gambhir challenged Kejriwal:

How about accepting this challenge @ArvindKejriwal #GambhirforEastDelhi pic.twitter.com/p2x3MAhWDr

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 1, 2019