5 Famous Cricketers Who Married Their Cousins Or Friend’s Ex-Wife- Here is The Full List
Whether you talk about the age difference, colour, caste or creed, love neither has any language nor does it gets bothered by anything like what’s mentioned. And the ones who are in love, they love each other unconditionally.
Here Are The 5 Famous Cricketers Who Married Their Cousins Or Friend’s Ex-Wife
1: Virender Sehwag and Aarti Ahlawat
Virender Sehwag was just 21 when he proposed to Aarti. They dated for five years, after which the duo got married on April 22, 2004. Now, they are proud parents of two boys, Aryavir and Vedant.
Aarti and Virender are actually distant relatives of each other. In fact, Aarti also confirmed this in an interview and said that theirs was a love marriage within their own family. It all began when one of Sehwag’s cousin got married to Aarti’s aunt.
Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive batsmen of all time, Sehwag played as an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and also bowled part-time right-arm off-spin. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian test side in 2001. On 31 October 2017, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) honoured Sehwag by naming Gate No.2 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium after him.
2: Shahid Afridi and Nadia Afridi
Shahid Afridi is married to his maternal cousin Nadia Afridi and has five daughters named Aqsa, Ansha, Ajwa, Arwa and Asmara. Nadia Wife of Afridi is a very reserved character who has never accompanied Shahid for any of his games.It was announced in 2021 that his daughter, Aqsa will be engaged to cricketer Shaheen Afridi.
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi , known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi bowled leg spin and was recognized for his aggressive batting. Afridi was also a world record holder, holding the record for the fastest ODI century, in 37 deliveries. The record stood for 17 years before being broken by Corey Anderson. Shahid Afridi is Popularly known as Boom Boom.
3: Upul Tharanga and Nilanka Tharanga
Nilanka Vithanage was married to Tillakaratne Dilshan and the relationship between them was going along very nicely. They also had a son named Resadu Tillakaratne and both were very happy with what life had to offer. Then, Nilanka met with her husband’s teammate Upul Tharanga and both were in a relationship for a considerable duration. When Tillakaratne Dilshan came to know about the episode, he immediately filed for the divorce with Nilanka.
Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985), commonly known as Upul Tharanga is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, and a former limited over captain who played for all formats of the game. He is a left-handed opening batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. On the 2006 tour of England he really began to develop, particularly in the one-day game, scoring over 300 runs in Sri Lanka’s 5–0 whitewash of the hosts. On 23 February 2021, Upul announced his retirement from international cricket.
4: Murli Vijay and Nikita
Murli Vijay and Nikita – Reportedly before getting married to Murli Vijay, Nikita was married to Mumbai Indians’s wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. Murli and Nikita tied the nuptial knot in the year 2012.
Murali Vijay (born 1 April 1984) is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-handed opening batsman. He was a regular member of the Indian Test team until 2018 and plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic first-class cricket.
5: Saeed Anwar and Lubna
