When Nehru took on Radhakrishnan on the cricket field!

An antithetic cricket lucifer took spot successful 1953 that saw the past Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru starring a squad of parliamentarians against erstwhile vice president S. Radhakrishnan's side.

Rare footage of the lucifer played for raising funds for flood-affected radical shows Nehru and Radhakrishnan, on with different parliamentarians, battling it retired connected the cricket crushed watched by a ample crowd.

Nehru, who was past 2 months shy of his 64th birthday, won the flip and chose to bat arsenic parliamentarians rushed retired to the crushed dressed successful whites, according to the footage shared connected X by Congress person Jairam Ramesh, who credited an archivist of Indian cricket for it.

"For the past 9 years, Jai Galgali has been an bonzer archivist of Indian cricket of a bygone era. This video helium unearthed and uploaded is some antithetic and fabulous," Mr. Ramesh said successful his post, accompanying the video.

Interestingly, successful the video, Nehru is seen batting alongside the past person of the Opposition, A K Gopalan, successful the 2nd innings of the two-day match.

The past president Rajendra Prasad and different Union Ministers are seen enjoying the match, according to the footage.

Nehru's squad declared the archetypal innings astatine 220/3, portion the vice president's broadside ended the archetypal time astatine 86/2.

As the 2nd time was astir to begin, the MPs strutted retired wearing whites with the commentator remarking that "cricket knows nary politics".

The footage besides has Nehru chasing a transportation till the bound enactment to forestall a four. He is seen fielding successful adjacent positions.

During the match, Nehru and Radhakrishnan appealed for generous contributions for flood relief.

The Vice President's XI declared their archetypal innings astatine 231 for the nonaccomplishment of six wickets, portion successful the 2nd innings, Nehru's squad declared astatine 160 for three.

During the 2nd innings, Nehru came retired to bat with the commentator saying that helium was wielding the willow aft 40 years.

The lucifer ended successful a gully and Nehru besides played the relation of an auctioneer astatine the extremity to rise funds.

Nearly ₹1 lakh was raised for flood alleviation done the accumulation match.

Parliamentarians person often played accumulation matches for assorted causes and determination person been respective instances of politicians showing large accomplishment connected the cricket pitch.

In 2024, MPs took portion successful a affable 20-over lucifer astatine Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to rise consciousness against tuberculosis.

Lok Sabha Speaker XI, led by Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur, defeated the Rajya Sabha Chairman XI by 73 runs. Thakur was adjudged the 'man of the match' for his unbeaten innings of 111 runs.