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Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suresh Raina and Praveen Kumar had similar love stories, they fell for…
Published On Jan 17, 2025, 09:21 PM IST
Last UpdatedJan 17, 2025, 09:21 PM IST
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar was a cricketer who got married to his childhood love. Apart from him, there are two other cricketers who have married their childhood lovers.
1) Bhuvaneshwar Kumar-Nupur Nagar
India’s swing master Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Nupur got Married on 23 November 2017. Both of them were friends since childhood and were neighbours. Bot of them got their primary education from same school. As time went by, their friendship grew stronger. When Bhuvaneshwar’s proposals for marriage started coming in, he took Nupur’s name.
Everyone got surprised as even though both the families knew each other for a long time, they had never anticipated this outcome. Some time passed, and both the families eventually agreed on this proposal. Bhuvaneshwar and Nupur got engaged on 4th October, and eventually married on 23rd November.
2) Suresh Rania-Priyanka Chaudhary
The families of Indian team’s left-handed batsman Suresh Raina and Priyanka Chaudhary lived next to each other in the Ordnance Factory quarters in Muradnagar. Priyanka started working in Wipro in Bangalore. Their friendship grew when Suresh went to Bangalore for a match in 2008.
It was Raina’s mother, who took the bigger step and talked to Priyanka’s family. During that time, Suresh was touring Australia and it was when his mother told him to fix his relationship with his childhood friend. After their relation got fixed, both of them got married on 13 April 2015.
3) Praveen Kumar-Sapna Choudhary
Bowler Praveen Kumar, who lives on Baghpat Road in Meerut, learned to play cricket in the streets, and never looked back from then. He became a star in cricket after his international debut in 2007. Sapna Choudhary lived in his neighbourhood, and both of them were good friends since their childhood.
After becoming a successful bowler for Indian team, marriage proposals started piling for Praveen, and that was when he mentioned Sapna’s name. After this, both the families talked on 18th November 2010, and then Praveen-Sapna’s love story turned into marriage.