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Lok Sabha Vs Rajya Sabha On Cricket Field. Check Who Won

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A group of selected parliamentarians on Sunday played a friendly cricket match at Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to raise awareness against tuberculosis. The team Lok Sabha Speaker’s XI led by former Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur defeated Rajya Sabha Chairman’s XI team captained by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju by 73 runs.

Thakur scored 111 runs during the Lok Sabha Speaker’s XI innings which played a huge role in his team’s victory over Rajya Sabha Chairman XI. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was awarded as the best fielder, while Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda was named the best bowler. BJP MP Manoj Tiwari received the Super Catch award. The award for ‘Super Six’ of the match was awarded to BJP MP Sudhakar K.

MPs who participated in the match, included Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gajendra Singh Sekhawat, Mansuk Mandaviya, G Kishan Reddy, Suresh Gopi, and Ravneet Singh Bittu from the BJP, Chirag Paswan from Lok Janshakti Party, Jayant Chaudhary from Rashtriya Lok Dal, Gaurav Gogoi, Imran Pratapgarhi from Congress, Raghav Chaddha, Gurmeet Singh Meet and Harbhajan Singh from Aam Aadmi Party, Derek O’Brien and Yusuf Pathan from the Trinamool Congress among others.