Hit for Six

On July 17, hours before India won the ODI against England at Old Trafford, Bihar leader of the opposition and former cricketer Tejashwi Yadav posted a video of him hitting sixes in the backyard of his official residence. Perhaps he was trying to shrug off the ridicule he faced after fumbling in his speech at a function attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Patna on July 12. He also got flak for calling Droupadi Murmu a statue. If only he could bat political bouncers off the boundary like the cricket ball in his backyard.