From Shikhar Dhawan, Md Azharuddin to Dinesh Karthik: Take a look at Indian cricketers who got divorced
Shikhar Dhawan's wife Ayesha Mukherjee announced the news of divorce on her new Instagram page named ‘Aesha Mukerji’ on Tuesday.
In a shocking development, Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Ayesha Mukherjee have decided to split after eight years of marriage. Dhawan was last seen on-field leading the young Indian team during the Sri Lanka tour in July. Ayesha Mukherjee announced the news on her new Instagram page named ‘Aesha Mukerji’ on Tuesday.
The Melbourne-based Aesha was married to an Australian businessman earlier. She and Dhawan got engaged in 2009 and married in 2012. Aesha is an amateur kickboxer.
Talking about personal lives, there are many cricketers who have split from their wives. let's take a look at some cricketers who got separated in their personal lives.
Dinesh Karthik was married to his childhood friend Nikita Vanjara. In 2012, Karthik was stunned to find out that Nikita is dating India cricketer Murali Vijay and that's why Karthik decided to divorce Nikita. Karthik later tied the knot with champion squash player Dipika Pallikal.
Former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin divorced his first wife Naureen to marry actress Sangeeta Bijlani in 1996. Azharduddin later divorced Sangeeta Bijlani too.
Former India batsman Vinod Kambli tied the knot with his childhood friend Noella Lewis in 1998. But he divorced Lewis after few years to marry a former model Andrea Hewitt.
Former India pacer Javagal Srinath divorced his first wife Jyotsna to marry a journalist named Madhavi Patravali in 2008.