Published: Feb 06, 2016, 01:55 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 06, 2016, 02:00 PM (IST)
Mohit Sharma is set to get married, revealed Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta during the auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 at Bengaluru on Saturday. Kings XI Punjab bagged Mohit for a price of Rs. 6.5 crore. The other franchise who bid for Mohit was Kolkata Knight Riders. The pacer played for Chennai Super Kings earlier. “Just found out Mohit is getting married, guess his wife is lucky for him,” an excited Preity said. Kings XI Punjab were smart enough with their choice of bids as they wnet on buy the youn g Australian Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Abbott. Live Updates & Blog, IPL 2016 Auction: List of sold & unsold players & teams in Indian Premier League 9 auction
Shane Watson has been the most expensive player so far in the auction. Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged Watson for Rs. 9.5 crore. It is only Watson’s second franchise who had represented only Rajasthan Royals in IPL in all the previous eight editions. The other players picked by Bangalore were Travis Head and Waston’s Royals’ teammate and all-rounder Stuart Binny.
The other Indian cricketers who got married this year were Varun Aaron and Irfan Pathan. The latter tied knot with the 21-year-old Safa Baig in Mecca on Saturday. Meanwhile, India’s star cricketer Ravindra Jadeja got engaged on Friday to city-based mechanical engineer Riva Solanki. The engagement ceremony was held in the presence of selected invitees at Jadeja’s own restaurant and the cricketer expressed hope that lady luck would help him do better in both cricket and personal life.”In the game of cricket luck plays an important role and when I got engaged to Riva, I hope that lady luck will help me to do better in both cricketing life and personal life,” Jadeja said.
