5 cricketers who went down the political path

#1 Imran Khan

Once you might have thought that shepherding his cornered tigers to eternal glory in 1992 would have been the highest point of Imran Khan's life, but he defied odds time and again, and against all struggles yet again, he ended up triumphing by recently being elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Imran Khan, who was one of the four great all-rounder of the eighties alongside the likes of Botham, Kapil Dev, and Hadlee, pioneered the art of reverse swing that revolutionized the way Pakistan played Test cricket.

Post-retirement, he formed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). His political debut wasn't as fruitful as he unsuccessfully ran for the seat of National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from two constituencies - NA-53, Mianwali and NA-94, Lahore.

As Imran's power grew across the country, so did his ambitions. In 2013, he ran for Prime Minister, only to end up losing to Nawaz Sharif by a whisker of a margin. He had his share of controversy for inappropriate manner of his allegations while in the Opposition in 2013, then again in 2018 he had accusations against him for rigging the polls alongside media around the world bashing him for his chauvinistic remarks.

Nonetheless, contesting election from NA-61 (Rawalpindi-V) and NA-95 (Mianwali-I), Imran, once again like the cornered tiger, with his back against his wall, rose to prowl.