4 married, 2 engaged - Indian cricketers who dropped bachelorhood
The wickets are falling fast and the Indian cricket team is losing some of its poster boys.
2015 proved to be important for many Indian cricketers as they decided to hang their boots as bachelor and get married.
Rohit Sharma is the latest to join the doubles club.
Rohit Sharma and Ritika Sajdeh
Twitter: Ritika Sajdeh
Hitman Rohit Sharma finally got hitched with his longtime girlfriend Ritika Sajdeh.
Rohit got engaged to his childhood sweetheart, who is a a sports event manager, in June and the couple finally married on December 13 in Mumbai.
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The wedding will be solemnised at the poolside of a suburban Mumbai five star and followed by a reception and musical evening.
The wedding guests that have already checked in, include Yuvraj Singh, his fiancee Hazel Keech and mother Shabnam Singh, Suresh Raina, Umesh Yadav and his wife Tanya.
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Sachin Tendulkar was seen arriving at the party along with his wife Anjali.
He is the fourth cricketer to enter matrimony this year after Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh.
Suresh Raina and Priyanka Chaudhary
Twitter: Suresh Raina
Team India's middle order batsman Suresh Raina, married his lady love, Priyanka Chaudhary, on April 3, 2015. Raina and Priyanka have been childhood friends, and a private wedding in Delhi, tied these buddies together in the sacred knot.
Twitter: Suresh Raina
The 28-year-old Raina and Priyanka, who is presently working in The Netherlands, have been friends since their childhood. Their family also has close association for a long time.
Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal
Twitter: Dinesh Karthik
Cricketer Dinesh Karthik and squash ace Dipika Pallikal tied the knot at Chennai this year.
The marriage took place in a Christian ceremony on August 19 which will be followed by Telugu wedding ceremony on August 20.
The ceremony was a private affair with only close friends of the couple taking part.
Twitter: Dipika Pallikal
The two attend the same gym and became friends working under the same trainer.
The sports couple had got engaged in November 2013. This is Dinesh's second marriage.
Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra
Facebook: Harbhajan Singh
Spinner Harbhajan SIngh and long-time girlfriend, actress Geeta Basra tied the knot in October in a gurdwara in Jalandhar.
The star couple has been in the relationship for quite some time now and were spotted together on many occasions.
Facebook: Harbhajan Singh
It was a big fat Indian wedding for Harbhajan that saw mehendi, sangeet, performances and every ritual organised lavishly.
The wedding reception was attended by the Indian Prime Minister, other politicians, actors and sportsman.
Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech
Twitter: Yuvraj SIngh
Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech got engaged in a private ceremony in Bali.
Yuvraj confirmed the news and tweeted a picture of the couple. He said that he has found a 'friend for life' in Hazel, adding that his mother Shabnam saw her reflection in her would-be daughter-in-law.
Twitter: Ritika Sajdeh
Yuvraj and Hazel have been dating each other for more than three months. Yuvraj and Hazel caught everyone's attention when they walked in together at Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra's wedding reception in Delhi on November 1.
Robin Uthappa and Sheethal Goutham
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Apart from them Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa also got engaged this year.
One day after his 30th birthday (Nov 11), flamboyant cricketer Robin Uthappa confirmed news of his engagement to childhood friend Sheethal Goutham.
Instagram: Sheethal
The cricketer tweeted a picture indicating the latest development in his life.
Sheethal, a former tennis player has always stood by the Indian batsman.
The two have been dating since 2008 and never shyed away from confessing it. They have been spotted together a number of times- be it at CEAT cricket ceremony or Sheethal's birthday.