Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian politician, television personality and former cricketer. He currently serves as the Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, and Museums of the State of Punjab.

Navjot Singh Sidhu
Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Archives and Museums, Government of Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2017
Member of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 March 2017
Preceded by	Navjot Kaur Sidhu
Constituency	Amritsar East
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Nominated
In office 25 April 2016 – 18 July 2016
Preceded by	Ashok Sekhar Ganguly
Succeeded by	Roopa Ganguly
Member of Parliament
In office 2004–2014
Preceded by	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
Succeeded by	Amarinder Singh
Constituency	Amritsar
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-20) 20 October 1963 (age 54) Patiala, Punjab, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (2017–present)
Other political affiliations	Bharatiya Janata Party (2004–2016)
Spouse(s)	Navjot Kaur Sidhu
Children	2
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India (1983–1999)
Test debut (cap 166)	12 November 1983 v West Indies
Last Test	6 January 1999 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 61)	9 October 1987 v Australia
Last ODI	20 September 1998 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981–2000	Punjab
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 51 136 157 205 Runs scored 3202 4413 9,571 7,186 Batting average 42.13 37.08 44.31 41.77 100s/50s 9/15 6/36 27/50 10/55 Top score 201 134* 286 139 Balls bowled 6 4 106 10 Wickets 0 – – – Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 9/– 20/– 50/– 31/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 1 January 2009

As a professional cricketer, Sidhu had a career spanning over 19 years after his first-class debut in 1981–82. After losing his place in the national team after his international debut in 1983–84, he returned to score four half-centuries in the 1987 World Cup. Playing mostly as a top-order batsman, he went on to play in 51 Tests and 136 One Day Internationals for the country. He came to be known for his six-hitting ability and earned the sobriquet 'Sixer Sidhu'. After retirement, he turned to commentary and television, most notably as a judge of comedy shows, and as a permanent guest in Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013–15) and later The Kapil Sharma Show (since 2016). He was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss (2012).

Sidhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 and contested the general election from Amritsar. He won the election and held the seat till 2014 winning also the next election. He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2016 from Punjab before he resigned from the position the same year and quitting the party. In 2017, he joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar East.