6 Indian Cricketers Who Dated & Married Bollywood Actresses

Posted by Himani on July 11th, 2019

The union of cricket and Bollywood is longstanding and immoral. There are several cricketers who either dated or married Indian actresses right from Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Azharuddin to Zaheer Khan and most recently Virat Kohli. The idea behind the amalgamation of cricket and movies always seem intriguing and interesting to the audiences as the nation is obsessed with cricket and movies. Many live channels went gaga over publishing the first pictures of their wedding.

Here’s the list of 5 Indian cricketers that ended up marrying Bollywood actresses and made headlines with their alliance:

Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma aka Virushka

Almost every news TV channels live went berserk over publishing their first wedding picture when the couple announced their hush hush wedding on social media. Virat Kohli, captain of Indian Cricket Team who is busy playing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in London at the moment, made headlines with his marriage to Anushka Sharma, an ace Bollywood actress having many successful movies to her credit. The two tied the knot in Tuscany in 2017 and jolted the entire nation with the news.

Zaheer Khan-Sagarika Ghatge

The nation went crazy when the handsome fast bowler of Indian cricket team announced his engagement with the Chak De India actress Sagarika Ghatge with a huge rock on her finger. The couple tied the knot soon after and shared their marriage and honeymoon pictures on Instagram with their well-wishers. Many TV channels live reported about their wedding straight from the location.

Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech

After refusing several coffee dates with Yuvraj, Hazel Keech finally said yes and what followed was a dreamy wedding that charmed their supporters. The two got married in Chandigarh, India amidst close relatives and friends. For those who don’t know, Hazel Keech starred in a couple of Bollywood films as second fiddle with the biggest one being Bodyguard with Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan.

Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra

It was Shahrukh Khan who took a dig at Harbhajan Singh about his relationship when he asked him on a public podium, “Tuwaada ghar kab ‘basra’ hai?” Many TV channels live broadcasted about the news of their linkup and the couple neither denied nor admitted. Geeta Basra and Indian Cricket Team spinner Harbhajan Singh got married in a traditional and intimate Gurudwara ceremony later and are blessed with a cute little girl.

Mohammad Azharuddin-Sangeeta Bijlani

Although that wasn’t the era of TV channels live, yet the most endearing and popular couple took their fans by surprise by getting married. The legacy of Indian cricketers marrying Indian actresses continued with this alliance and is still one of the oldest and most loved couples in India.

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi-Sharmila Tagore

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s relationship with Sharmila Tagore was no less than a Bollywood masala movie story. He used to send red roses, love letters and what not to her address and tried to woo her. Later they started dating and got married eventually and gave birth to Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan.