The term marriage means a union of two people whose common interests lead them to participate in each other lives. According to an ancient saying, a husband and a wife are the driving wheels. If one member suffers, all suffer; if one member receives an honor, all rejoice together. The same is true for cricketers. We often forget that they are human beings and have personal lives in which they face problems and hardships. Since they are constantly moving, sportspeople long for a harmonious marriage; unfortunately, some get cheated in their relationship, and some have difficulty understanding their relationship, which leads to divorce. Still, they eventually find their desired partner, and some remain single.
1. Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan, an Indian opening batsman, and his wife Ayesha Mukherjee, a former Kickboxer, separated in 2021. The couples were together for eight years. The duo has a seven-year-old son named Zoravar. Ayesha confirmed her divorce on Instagram on 6 September 2021, stating, “I thought divorce was a dirty word until I became a two-time divorcee.” Unable to notice red flags in a relationship while occupied as a 26-year-old professional cricketer, according to Dhawan, failed to help his cause.
2. Dinesh Karthik
In 2007, Dinesh Karthik, India's talented middle-order batsman and primary wicket-keeper, tied the knot with Nikita Vanjara, his childhood sweetheart and entrepreneur. But the pair split in 2012 when he learned his wife was having an affair with his workmate Murali Vijay. But on a more positive note, in 2015, Karthik found true love and married an Indian squash player, Dipika Pallikal.
3. Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya, a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, is regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He is a left-handed batsman, an orthodox spinner, and a dynamic fielder. Sanath Jayasuriya has been married three times. He was divorced to Sumudu Karunanayake, an Air Lanka Ground Hostess in 1999; Sandra De Silva, a Former Flight Attendant of Sri Lankan Air Lines in 2012, and Maleeka Sirisenage an actress in 2012. He is currently single.
4. Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He served as captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team. People know him for his electric fielding, especially at backward point, but he has also worked as a wicket-keeper for Sri Lanka. Nilanka Vithanage, with whom he has a son named Resanda Tillakaratne, was his first wife. According to sources, the rift between Dilshan and Vithanage began when his wife met Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga, eventually it led to divorce (between 2000 and 2007), and Nilantha subsequently married Upul Tharanga. Dilshan found love again and married Manjula Thilni in 2008. Manjula is an actress and singer. The couple has three children.
5. Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik, is a former Pakistani cricketer, has been married two times. We got to know through sources that shortly before the announcement of his marriage to Sania in 2010, he was already married to a woman named Ayesha Siddiqui. Later, he divorced Ayesha and married his current wife, Sania Mirza, the Indian tennis queen, in 2010. The couple have a son named Izhaan Malik. The rumor goes that the couples are going through rough times in their relationship and are on the verge of divorce.
6. Imran Khan
Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi is a former Pakistani cricketer politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2022. Imran Khan has been married three times. His first wife was Jemima Goldsmith, an English screenwriter (m. 1995-2004). His second wife was Rehan Khan, a British-Pakistani journalist (m. 2014 - 2015). His third wife, Bushra Bibi, a leader of pilgrimages to Baba Farid shrine, is his current wife whom he married in 2018.
7. Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin is an Indian politician and former captain of the Indian national cricket team. In 1987, Azharuddin married Naureen and had two children together. After nine years of marriage, however, they divorced, and in 1996, Azharuddin married actress and model Sangeeta Bijlani. The couple had been together for 14 years before their divorce in 2010.
8. Al-Amin Hossain
Al-Amin Hossain is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. Amin Hussain married Ishrat on 26 December 2012, and the couple has two boys. He divorced his wife, Israt Jahan on 25 August 2022, for marital bitterness and immoral activities. However, his wife, Ishrat Jahan, had not received divorce papers. The cricketer was accused of abusing his wife and extorting a dowry of Tk 2 million from her.
9. Yograj Singh
Yograj Singh is an Indian former cricketer and an actor. He married twice. His first marriage was to Shabnam Kaur, the daughter of the businessman. Due to differences in lifestyles and choices, the marriage did not last long, and the couple soon divorced. The couple have two sons named Yuvraj Singh and Zoravar Singh. Later, Yograj married Neena Bundhel, one of the top Punjabi actresses of the 90s.
10. Javagal Srinath
Javagal Srinath is a former Indian fast bowler highly regarded as the first accurate pacer in the Indian national team. His first marriage to Jyotsna ended in an amicable divorce in 1999. Later, he married Madhavi Patravali in 2008, a journalist in the Times of India. They held a modest wedding. Their little wedding was attended only by close relatives and friends. The lives of the spouses are content.
