10 Indian Cricketers And Their Ex-Girlfriends

The game of cricketer is now associated with a lot of glamour and money. Bollywood’s connection with Team India cricketers is something not new. From the 1980s to the modern-day, many cricketers have dated Bollywood superstars.

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The love life of these stars also gets most of the media attention and social media presence. But except a few, many of the cricketers could not survive the test of time and their affair ended on a bad note due to personal or career issues.

We at Cricket Addictor will take a look at some of the famous team Indian cricketers and their ex-girlfriends:

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Rohit Sharma-Sofia Hayat

The talented India batsman, Rohit Sharma was spotted getting close with Sofia Hayat at a few parties together, and that kicked off the rumours. However, no one even knew that they actually dated each other till the time they called it quits.

Sofia took to Twitter to come out in the open and talk about the relationship. In 2012, Sofia posted that she and Rohit dated for a while before breaking up eventually. Meanwhile, the tweet came after Rohit refused to acknowledge her even as a friend in front of the media.

Virat Kohli-Izabelle Leite

There has been a lot of link-up between Virat Kohli and Bollywood actresses before the current India skipper settled in his personal life. He recently marries actress Anushka Sharma and they are one of the power couples in the country giving relationship goals every day.

However, before Anushka, Virat Kohli has also dated a few other women notably, Brazilian model and actress Izabelle Leite.  Izabelle has been a part of Bollywood movies like ‘Sixteen’ and ‘Purani Jeans’. And in one of her interviews, Izabelle did actually open up about having dated Kohli for a while.

Yuvraj Singh-Kim Sharma

Yuvraj Singh’s list of alleged link-ups with Bollywood is quite high. Yuvraj and Kim Sharma became one of the most talked-about couples in the media when the news of their relationship came forth.

They were spotted together at many social gatherings. It was apparently a long relationship, before the two parted ways, reportedly due to Yuvraj’s mother’s disapproval of this match. While Kim moved on to marry businessman Ali Punjani, the talented cricketer married another actress Hazel Keech.

Hardik Pandya-Esha Gupta

The dynamic India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has often been linked-up with various Bollywood actress. Speculations were rife that cricketer Hardik Pandya was dating actress Elli Avram. However, it didn’t last long and cricketer bonded with Esha Gupta.

The duo met at a party and that fuelled rumours. Reportedly, the cricketer grew closer to the actress and two hit off immediately. Unfortunately, it didn’t last as well, and now, Pandya is dating Natasha Stankovic and is quite serious about the relationship.

Zaheer Khan-Isha Sharvani

Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan and Isha Sharvani dated each other for a quite few years. Both of them was quite serious with the relationship and it went to the level of fuelling speculations related to an impending wedding.

But in 2012, the news of their definite break-up came out and Isha herself confessed the news to a daily. Eventually, the former cricketer tied the knot with Chak de India star Sagarika Ghatge.

S Sreesanth-Riya Sen

Sreesanth made the headlines when he was spotted with Bollywood actress Riya Sen a few times. Riya also attended a few games of Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the Indian Premier League which fuelled the rumours.

However, the duo maintained that they are just good friends. They eventually parted ways and suspended India pacer Sreesanth got married to a lady fixed by his parents.

Ravi Shastri-Amrita Singh

During his youth, former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri was known to have made many girls swoon over him, and reportedly it was Bollywood actress Amrita Singh who caught his attention. Amrita was often seen cheering from the stands in the Sharjah stadium as the cricketer came on field.

However, the relationship too did not last, and it was said that the two soon parted ways. While Ravi went on to marry Ritu Singh, Amrita tied a knot with much-younger Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan.

Suresh Raina-Shruti Haasan

Suresh Raina and Kamal Haasan’s actress daughter Shruti Haasan were reportedly dating each other way back in 2014. Reportedly, some common friends introduced Raina to Shruti in 2013. Since then, the actress has attended a few Chennai Super Kings matches and Raina used to consider her lucky.

However, things didn’t work out for them eventually and both of them parted ways soon. Raina has now tied the knot and has a daughter as well.

Sourav Ganguly-Nagma

MS Dhoni-Deepika Padukone

Former India skipper MS Dhoni, reportedly, had a huge crush on Deepika Padukone even before she made her Bollywood debut in ‘Om Shanti Om’, opposite Shah Rukh Khan. The Bollywood actress used to turn up for many Indian cricket matches and cheering the loudest.

But it didn’t last long and now, both are well-settled in their personal life. While Dhoni married Kolkata-based Sakshi, Deepika tied the knot with his co-actor Ranveer Singh after dating for few years.