4 Cricketers Who Broke Up With Their Girlfriends
Published - 08 Aug 2018, 09:32 PM | Updated - 22 Aug 2024, 11:54 PM
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There is no doubt about the fact that cricket has become a glamorous sport over the last decade or so. Unlike yesteryears, cricketers tend to keep themselves totally fit and make sure that they don’t fall off the radar even when it comes to the glamour quotient. Given the huge celebrity stature of the cricketers, all their personal matters come into the forefront more often than not.
One of the intriguing aspects of the cricketers are their relationships. It spreads like wildfire and sometimes doesn’t allow the particular cricketer to concentrate on his game. From many years media has created quite a hype on many relationships. While some of the relationships have been come out in the public domain some have created quite a hype.
Here are 4 such relationships of cricketers where they had a break up with their girlfriend
Virat Kohli with Izabelle Leite and Tamannaah Bhatia
The Indian skipper is currently married to Anushka Sharma and is happily settled. Even during the match against England at Lord’s he gestured towards Anushka after making his century. However, before meeting the Bollywood Diva, Kohli was involved in a couple of alleged relationships. It was learnt that Kohli was dating Izabelle who actually opened on their relationship following their split.
“Virat was one of the first Indian friends I had when I came to India. We were dating for quite a while. We were together for almost two years. But we didn’t want to make it public. So yeah, Virat and I did have a relationship,” she had admitted back in 2014.
After parting ways with Izabelle it was believed that Kohli was dating another Bollywood beauty, Tamannah Bhatia. The duo first met during a commercial and got along very well. They were spotted together quite often. However, both have never opened up on their relation.
Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley
Warne is known as one of the bad boys of cricket. He has been involved in several relationships and his name has come under scrutiny quite often. Warne who is a dad of three got engaged to actress Liz Hurley for 3 years. Love blossomed between the pair straightaway. Warne had revealed about their engagement in one of the interviews. They shared some good time together and looked like an adorable couple.
However, both parted ways in 2013 which left everyone surprised. “This knockabout Aussie with this English rose and WHAT THE HELL? How did you two meet? ‘And boom! It sort of exploded. Everywhere was chaos,” Warne had said on their relationship back then.
Warne, however, stated that this was not the only reason for parting ways. The problem of scheduling also played a big part. “It wasn’t just scheduling. When we first met, she was basically not doing anything. She was a farmer. And I had retired from international cricket. But then Elizabeth went back to work, shooting movies and TV series,” he explained. Since the split, Liz has been linked to a string of men. However, Shane still remains to be quite positive about her.
Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle
The former Australian skipper and Lara Bingle were together for quite a long time. However, things turned pretty ugly following their split. Two years after their engagement, Clarke and the swimsuit model called their engagement off after being together for a couple if years. Clarke’s day to day antics was severely scrutinized following their break up.
The break up was made public when Clarke made a decision of flying back home from a cricket tour in New Zealand owing to personal reasons back in 2010. As per reports, it was learnt that Clarke was not able to digest the nude photoshoot of the model. Meanwhile, both the celebrities have moved on and are leading a very good life.
Yuvraj Singh with Kim Sharma and Deepika Padukone
The out of favour Indian batsman has been one of the Casanova of Indian cricket. Ever since his young days, he has been a crowd favourite. Girls have drooled over his charming looks. The stylish left-hander has come in the forefront for his alleged relationship with Kim Sharma and Deepika Padukone. Rumours also surfaced that he had brief affairs with Preity Zinta, Rita Sen and a few more.
The relationship between Kim Sharma and Yuvraj took off as they were spotted together in a quite a few social gatherings. They were together for a long time. However, as per reports, they had to part ways as Yuvraj’s mother Shabnam was not in favour of the relationship.
Deepika and Yuvraj got linked to each other during the debut season of Deepika. However, both have maintained their ‘good friend stance’. The media hype went to a different level when Deepika hosted Yuvraj Singh’s birthday bash at her residence. However, as reports it is learnt that Yuvraj was over possessive.
