3 Indian cricketers who got married to their childhood friends

Indian cricket fans have always shown immense interest in the personal lives of their favorite cricketers. They love to follow the lifestyles of the famous players and take inspiration from them into their own lives. 

A lot of famous Indian cricketers found their love life with their childhood friends and went on to marry them a few years later, proving that sometimes the greatest partnerships start off the field. 

While most of the cricketers find their life companions after rising to fame, a few of them stay true to their childhood friendships. On that note, let’s take a look at three Indian cricketers who made the headlines after marrying their childhood friends.

1. Ravichandran Ashwin and Prithi Narayanan

Ravichandran Ashwin, who announced his international retirement in December 2024, got married to his childhood friend Prithi Narayanan after the off-spinner played his first Test in November 2011 in a grand Tamil-style wedding.

Interestingly, Prithi studied B.Tech in Information Technology. Notably, both Ashwin and Prithi attended the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School in Chennai. Later, she fell in love with Ashwin after both of them attended the same college. 

While she is an interior designer, she is also a skilled dancer. Also, Prithi manages Ravichandran Ashwin’s cricket academy, 'Gen Next Cricket Academy’. Subsequently, she also managed the Carrom Ball media company, where she manages media engagements and events.

The lovely couple has been blessed with two daughters. While their first child, Akhira, was born in 2015, their second daughter, Aadhya, was born in 2016. Prithi frequently posts pictures of her daughters and Ashwin on her official Instagram handle.

2. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Nupur Nagar

The former Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar found his love in the form of his childhood friend Nupur Nagar. The couple had known each other since Bhuvi was 13 and she was 11, staying in the same neighbourhood.

While their parents weren't aware of their relationship, they used to meet secretly for years. However, the lovely couple later convinced their parents. Also, the star pacer revealed that he had a crush on Nupur as a teenager, and later they converted it into marriage in November 2017 at the Taj Hotel in New Delhi.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and his wife Nupur Nagar welcomed a daughter named Acsah on November 24, 2021, at a Delhi hospital. This interesting news came out just a day after their fourth wedding anniversary.

3. Ajinkya Rahane and Radhika Dhopavkar

Indian promising batter Ajinkya Rahane and his lady love Radhika Dhopavkar's love story comes straight out of a movie. Notably, they used to live in the same residential complex in Mulund during their childhood.

They used to spend their initial days chatting on Orkut. Later, they spend more time together, going out. Eventually, they tied the knot in a traditional ceremony on 26 September 2014 after taking their families' consent. 

While they dated for almost eight years before their wedding, Radhika went on to become an interior designer later. The lovely couple has two children. While they welcomed a daughter named Aarya in October 2019, they later had a son named Raghav in October 2022.

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