Lok Sabha defeats Rajya Sabha in Tuberculosis-awareness friendly cricket match

It was a fun day out for Parliamentarians on Sunday as they were seen taking on each other again, but not inside the House this time, but on a cricket field in a friendly match played between them at Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to raise awareness against tuberculosis. A group of select MPs from both the Houses of Parliament and across party lines were divided into two teams -- namely, Lok Sabha Speaker's XI led by former Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, and Rajya Sabha Chairman's XI captained by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju. The Parliamentarians could be seen having a lot of fun during the match, which was eventually won by Anurag Thakur-led Lok Sabha Speaker's XI, who beat the Rajya Sabha Chairman's XI by 73 runs. Apart from the two captains and the winners of special awards, Parliamentarians 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. To that end, select MPs from all parties are playing the TB-Free India Awareness Cricket Match," Lok Sabha Speaker's XI skipper Anurag Thakur said before the start of the match.