New Delhi: Suresh Raina is currently married to his childhood friend Priyanka Chaudhary. The couple also has a beautiful daughter. However, not many of know that the left-hander had met his soul mate from his childhood.
Raina said: “I have known Priyanka for long, but in the middle, I didn’t have time to be in touch with her. I remember meeting her at the airport for five minutes in 2008. She was flying back to Holland (where she currently works) and I was going to Bangalore for an IPL game, and we met at the Delhi airport for just five minutes. Usse pehle main usse bachpan mein mila tha (before that we met during our childhood).
“Priyanka’s father was my sports teacher in Ghaziabad and my mom was very close to her mother. I’ll call it more of an arranged marriage because our families have known each other for a long time,” he said.
Recalling the moment how the marriage was fixed, Raina says he was in Australia and all decisions were taken by his mom.
“I didn’t know. Mom called me in Australia and told me that my marriage has been fixed with one of my childhood friends. Maine kaha kaun hai (I asked who is the girl). Then I spoke to Priyanka on the phone. Before the World Cup, I had told some of my team-mates about my wedding after my mom told me that everything had been finalized,” Raina told.
Suresh’s would be wife Priyanka is big fan of football not cricket. “She doesn’t know much about cricket. She is a great soccer fan. She is a huge fan of Messi and Robin van Persie. She loves me for what I am and not because I am a cricketer. She is a very nice girl and I love her,” he told.