Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Ayesha Mukherjee have parted ways after eight years of marriage. But this does not happen to be the first time such things have happened to cricketers. It has happened in the past and here we will list the other famous cricketers who have taken the divorce route.
New Delhi: Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Ayesha Mukherjee have parted ways after eight years of marriage. Ayesha Mukherjee announced the news on her new Instagram page named ‘Aesha Mukerji’ on Tuesday. They have a son named Zoravar.
But this does not happen to be the first time such things have happened to cricketers. It has happened in the past and here we will list the other famous cricketers who have taken the divorce route.
Dinesh Karthik
The senior India wicketkeeper married his childhood friend Nikita Vanjara. Soon, Karthik discovered that Nikita was seeing his colleague Murali Vijay and then the India wicketkeeper decided to part ways. Following his divorce from Nikita, Karthik married ace squash player Dipika Pallikal.
Brett Lee
The Australian fast bowler had married a woman named Elizabeth Kemp in 2006 but they got divorced in just more than two years. After that, in 2014, Brett Lee married Lana Anderson.
Mohammad Azharuddin
Former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin parted ways with his first wife Naureen to marry actress Sangeeta Bijlani back in1996. Later, he divorced Sangeeta Bijlani too.
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli The former India batsman married his childhood friend Noella Lewis in 1998. But he divorced Lewis after few years to marry a former model Andrea Hewitt. Kambli and Andrea have been together for quite some time now.
Imran Khan
Imran Khan was married to Jemima Goldsmith, a British socialite turned writer and activist, and member of the influential Goldschmidt family of England. The marriage ended amicably in divorce in 2004. In early 2015, Khan announced his second marriage to the British Pakistani journalist Reham Khan. The marriage lasted nine months and ended in divorce on 30 October 2015.In 2018, he married Bushra Maneka, who was previously his spiritual mentor.
first published:Sept. 8, 2021, 2:43 p.m.