Rinku Singh Gets Engaged: Revisiting Famous Weddings of Indian Cricketers

Team India batter Rinku Singh, known for his finishing skills and fearless batting, is all set to start a new chapter in his personal life. Rinku got engaged to Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj in a high-profile ceremony in Lucknow on June 8. 

The function took place at The Centrum, a luxury hotel in Lucknow, and saw attendance from close family members and prominent faces including cricketers Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav among many others.

This union between Rinku Singh, a cricketer, and Priya, a politician, brings a fresh dynamic to the list of high-profile weddings the cricketing world has seen over the years. Here are some of other famous Indian cricketer weddings:

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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore 

It was perhaps one of the most famous cricket weddings of all time. In December 1968, the wedding between the Nawab of Pataudi and the Bollywood actress was a marriage of royalty and stardom.

• Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma 

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's wedding in December 2017 in Italy was a blend of cricket and fashion. It brought two of India’s biggest stars together in a beautiful, intimate ceremony that started the trend of posting candid photos on social media.

• Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra

Harbhajan Singh and Punjabi actress Geeta Basra tied the knot on October 29, 2015, in a lavish ceremony that had all the prominent stars from the world of cricket on the guest list.

• Mohammad Azharuddin and Sangeeta Bijlani

After his divorce, former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin married Sangeeta Bijlani, a former Miss India and actress, in 1996. Their wedding was a topic of discussion throughout the country and made all the headlines.

• Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech

Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech too had a big-fat Punjabi wedding in November 2016 according to Sikh traditions which was then followed by a reception with Goan beach vibes.

• KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty 

KL Rahul married actress Athiya Shetty on January 23, 2023, in a ceremony at Suniel Shetty’s farmhouse in Khandala. It was elegant, quiet, and personal, true to the couple’s style.

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