Poor Pandit Nehru, eh, missing a game of cricket (3-3-3)

'cricket' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poor pandit nehru eh missing a game' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'missing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'a game' is an anagram indicator (a game or puzzle of the letters).
'nehru' with 'eh' taken away is 'nru'.
'pandit' is an anagram of 'tipand'.
'nru' is an anagram of 'run'.
'tipand'+'run'='TIP-AND-RUN'

'of' is the link.