Cricket and Bollywood has been the love of the country youths for decades. These two have a unique connection. While cricketers have a huge fan base, the batsmen have also fallen for Bollywood beauties.
Right from actress Sharmila Tagore’s wedding to former India captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, India has a long history of marriages between cricket players and movie stars.
Recently added to the list were Anushka Sharma and Indian Captain Virat Kohli. As we go through the love stories of the famous cricketers, let’s have a look into the cricketers who found love in Bollywood.
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli
The couple tied their knot in Italy after years of togetherness. They became close during an ad shoot. Since then, there has been no looking back for them. The couple seem to be much in love as Virat is hitting sixes for the diva.
Zaheer Khan-Sagarika Ghatge
The latest couple to add to the list was Zaheer Khan and Sagarika Ghatge. The rumors of their wedding started doing rounds when they made an entry together at Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech’s wedding. It is now known that the couple decided to exchange vows after being together for nine months.
Yuvraj Singh – Hazel Keech
Yuvraj Singh made headlines with his closeness with many Bollywood actresses like Kim Sharma, Preity Zinta and Deepika Padukone. But he finally made an official announcement after being engaged to Hazel Keech in Bali and later getting married a year back.
Harbhajan Singh – Geeta Basra
Dating each other for around 8 years, Actor Geeta Basra and cricketer Harbhajan Singh finally tied a knot in 2015.
It was love at first sight for the cricketers as he recollects, “I saw her in a song – Woh Ajnabee – when I was playing county cricket in London. I told my friend that I want to meet this girl.” After team India won the T-20 World Cup in South Africa, he messaged her for coffee and the rest as they say is history.
Sangeeta Bijlani- Mohammad Azharuddin
Although married, rumors of Mohammad Azharuddin having an extra-marital affair with Sangeeta Bijlani became to surface in 1994. Having met at a commercial photoshoot for the first time, the duo stayed in touch and finally got married in 1996. The couple, however, split after couple of years.
Sharmila Tagore – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
He was the youngest captain of Indian cricket team and she the reigning queen of Bollywood. When the two met, Mansoor Ali didn’t know anything about the film industry. How the cricketer managed to woo her while she was around the top heroes of Bollywood is a tale to be told. Apparently, the cricketer spent four years trying to charm her by sending roses, love letters and even a refrigerator.
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