All-rounder Praveen Kumar on Sunday joined the Samajwadi Party. ‘I have met the Chief Minister and decided to join the party. I will do whatever is possible for the party,’ he told reporters.Asked whether he would contest the State Assembly polls, Kumar said, ‘I am a kid in this field. As of now I will try to learn it [politics].’Heaping praise on Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Kumar, who hails from Meerut, said the Chief Minister has done a lot for sportsmen and big stadiums are being constructed in Lucknow and Saifai.Kumar, who plays for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team in First-Class cricket, has been a part of the Indian cricket team in six Test matches and 68 ODIs.