5 Famous Cricketers Who Married Sports Anchors

Finding a life partner involved in sports-related activities will be a dream for all sportspersons and there have been a few cricketers who have married the sports anchors. It becomes a whole lot easy if your life partner and you love the same thing and love is a beautiful way to connect two persons who work in similar backgrounds.

The latest cricketer to add to the list is India‘s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah who tied the knot with popular sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan on Monday (March 15). A lot of cricketers were quick to congratulate the newly married couple and it is time to look at five famous cricketers who married Sports anchors.

5 Famous Cricketers Who Married Sports Anchors:

5. Shane Watson – Lee Furlong

The Australian all-rounder who recently retired from all forms of the game married Lee Furlong who is a popular TV presenter in Australia. Lee Furlong initially started her career with sports anchoring and started her relationship with Watson in 2006. The couple got married ten years ago on the 3rd of June in 2010 and are blessed with two children now.

Shane Watson had been a massive servant of Australian cricket and has been part of the WorldCup winning campaigns in 2007 and 2015. The couple has always put their hands up for charity-related activities while Lee acted as the ambassador of the Mcgrath Foundation previously.

4. Ben Cutting – Erin Holland

Ben Cutting was relieved to have finally married his fiance Erin Holland after cancelling their wedding twice due to the Covid Pandemic. Both have got engaged in September 2019 and got hitched together last month in New South Wales in a beautiful way. Erin Holland is a former Miss World Australia in 2013 and then became a TV cricket presenter in the Big Bash League.

Ben Cutting is one of the hardest hitters of the cricket ball in the current era and has been part of the various T20 tournaments around the world. Their wedding images included Ben Cutting dressed in an Alex Goodman Custom while Erin Holland was seen wearing three different J’Aton couture creations.

3. Stuart Binny – Mayanti Langer

The Indian all-rounder Stuart Binny and sports presenter Mayanti Langer were one of the most popular couples among the lot. Stuart Binny who was part of the 2015 WorldCup squad for India has fallen off the radar now and did not have any buyers in the recent auction as well. The couple got married in 2012 and were recently blessed with a boy baby in September 2020.

Mayanti Langer is one of the top sports anchors in India with hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup on ESPN, then the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth games and was also part of the broadcasting teams with Ten Sports. However, there was a time in 2015 where Mayanti Langer was part of the 2015 world cup Star Sports team and Stuart Binny was in and out of the Indian side.

2. Martin Guptill – Laura McGoldrick

The New Zealand swashbuckling opener Martin Guptill had got married to Laura McGoldrick in September 2014, 6 months before breaking the record for the highest individual score in World cup history. Laura is not only a journalist or a TV-reporter but actually, a multi-talented woman who has been a radio host, news reporter and actress.

Laura had interviewed Martin Guptill at a very young age on the show named ” The cricket show” which got her popular as a TV presenter and also in the relationship with him. The couple were blessed with a baby girl in 2017 named ‘Harley’. Guptill was recently part of the T20 series against Australia and played a significant part in their series triumph.

1. Jasprit Bumrah – Sanjana Ganesan

Jasprit Bumrah who had left the Indian squad after the second test against England had tied the knot with sports anchor Sanjana Ganesan on March 15 in Goa. Sanjana has been part of modelling and was one of the finalists for the Femina Miss India competition in 2013. She has been covering IPL for a long time and being a follower of the KKR team, she also hosted the show ‘KKR Diaries’ during the IPL.

The two had met during the IPL times where Sanjana has been in the broadcasting setup and has been in a relationship ever since that. Bumrah took it to Twitter to share his wedding pictures and received an array of congratulations from all ends of Twitter.