Introduction
We would like to clarify that by foreigners we mean those who were brought up in any other country besides India. This means that many of these wives may have Indian ancestry. Let’s begin with the list of Indian Cricketers Who Married Foreigners.
list of Indian Cricketers Who Married Foreigners
1. Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan married Safa Baig in 2016. Born in Saudi Arabia in 1994, Baig was a model based in Jeddah. They both have a son named Imran who has turned 2. Post their wedding, they held their reception in Vadodara. Interestingly, Safa has four more sisters.
2. Shikhar Dhawan
He married Australia based Ayesha Mukherjee who happens to be 10 years older than him. Needless to say, before marrying the Shikhar Dhawan, she was married and divorced to someone else. Though as her name suggests, she hails from West Bengal.
3. Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya has married Natasa Stankovic, a Serbian dancer who is well known in the Indian film industry for her dance songs. Besides this, she has also been a part of the reality show Big Boss in 2014. The couple had a son named Agastya in July 2020.
4. Yuvraj Singh
He has married Hazel Keech in November 2016 after getting engaged to her in 2015. She was born in the UK and was also a part of Big Boss in 2013. Post her marriage, she was given the name of Gurbasant Kaur. The couple has a luxury penthouse in South Delhi.
5. Mandeep Singh
He is married to UK based Jagdeep Jaiswal who is also a healthcare assistant there. The couple recently had a child named Rajveer in January 2021. Singh and Jaiswal are both from Sikh background. Though Mandeep’s international career has had him play just 3 T20I matches.
Conclusion
These were the five cricketers from India who married foreigners. Though many trolls trolled the likes of Hardik Pandya when his engagement happened with Natasha, we should note that it isn’t acceptable behaviour to do so.
