Manoj Tiwari, who entered politics from cricket, will once again be seen on the cricket pitch. Actually, he has been included in the Ranji Trophy team from West Bengal. Manoj Tiwari has been playing cricket for a long time and last year he contested the assembly elections by joining the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
After the massive victory of Trinamool Congress, Manoj Tiwari was also made the Minister of Sports Affairs. Manoj Tiwari, 36, has also been the captain of the Bengal cricket team. After starting the political innings, many questions are also being raised about his name being included in the Ranji team. Let us inform that Manoj Tiwari had contested the Shibpur seat on behalf of TMC in the assembly elections held in West Bengal last year and defeated Ratin Chakraborty of BJP by more than 6,000 votes.
Manoj Tiwary played his last match for Bengal in March 2020, when the Ranji Trophy final match against Saurashtra. Bengal team will play their first Ranji Trophy match against Tripura on 13 January. However, before the match, the Bengal team has suffered a major setback. The Kovid report of 6 players and one staff of the team has come positive. Bengal have to play a warm-up match against the Prithvi Shaw-led Mumbai team next week.
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