Oct 5, 2023, 10:56 AM IST

9 Foreign cricketers who married Indian women

Srishty Choudhury

Pakistan's star cricketer Shoaib Malik married Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza in 2010. Their son Izhaan Mirza Malik was born in 2018. The couple is reportedly headed for a divorce.

Pakistan cricketer Hassan Ali fell in love with Samiya Arzoo who belongs from Haryana, India. The pair had met each other for the first time in Dubai and had become friends. Soon after falling in love and with the approval of their families, they got married in August 2019. 

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell married pharmacist Vini Raman in 2022 after dating each other since 2017. The couple welcomed their firstborn, a son on September 11 this year.

Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan married Madhimalar Ramamurthy of Chennai in 2005. Madhimalar is the daughter of late Dr S. Ramamurthy of Malar Hospitals, and his wife Dr Nithya Ramamurthy. In 2006, the couple were blessed with their first child.

Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait married model, anchor and wine entrepreneur Mashoom Singha in 2014. Mashoom had also won the title of Miss Earth India in 2001.

Former England cricketer Mike Brearley is married to Mana Sarabhai, the daughter of industrialist Gautham Sarabhai. The loved-up couple is settled in London and has two children.

Former New Zealand cricketer Glenn Turner married politician Sukhinder Kaur in 1973. The couple is parentsto two children.

Former Pakistani captain Zaheer Abbas married Rita Luthra in 1988. It was Abbas' second marriage as he was earlier married to Najma Bokhari, and they even had three daughters together. After marrying Zaheer Abbas' Rita changed her name to Samina Abbas. 

Pakistani cricketer Mohsin Khan got married to Reena Roy in Karachi in 1983, although they later moved to Mumbai.  They got divorced in 1990.