Cricket is in the DNA of every Indian and national cricketer enjoy humongous fan base. Now fans eagerly keep a lookout at the private lives of their favourite cricketers. With the luxury of social media, it has allowed fans to get closer to their stars and any gossip related to their love life instantly creates a noise. Especially when we talk about Indian cricketers their aficionados are interested in every minute detail about their girlfriends and ex-girlfriends.
Indian players usually get a lot of female attention as they are always trending and in the news. In this feature, we try to dig and find out some of the prominent Indian cricketers who were dumped by their girlfriends. These couples dated for a brief period but eventually called it quits when things didn’t go according to the plan.
4 Indian Cricketers That Were Dumped By Their Girlfriends
4. Yuvraj Singh and Deepika Padukone
In 2008, the news of Yuvraj Singh dating the stunning Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone made massive headlines. Yuvraj at the time was a leading Indian cricketer, on the other hand, Deepika achieved stardom after the release of her first film itself.
The two were even spotted hanging out each in Australia in 2008 and it became official that the two are indeed dating. However the two never publicly announced their relationship in front of the media.
Several photos of them meeting each other were often detected and the two certainly had a thing for each other. Unfortunately, the relationship couldn’t succeed and it assumed that the two wanted to focus on their respective careers and decided to part ways and put an end to their relationship.
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3. Sourav Ganguly and Nagma
Yes, even the former India captain Sourav Ganguly had a famous linkup in the past. Way back in 2001 when Ganguly had begun leading India he was dating Bollywood actress Nagma.
Several articles also suggested the two were quite serious about each other and even visited a temple in South India and together did a puja like a married couple. Eventually, Ganguly married his childhood sweetheart Dona.
This is what Nagma said about Sourav Ganguly as quoted by Savvy Magazine, “As long as there is no denial of each other’s existence in each other’s life, any person can say anything they want. There was a career at stake, besides other things, so one had to part. One had to weigh a lot of things, rather than be on an ego trip and insist on being together”.
2. Rohit Sharma and Sofia Hayat
Now, this is a linkup that everyone must be aware of consisting of Rohit Sharma and model Sofia Hayat. When Rohit had begun his career playing for India it appeared that his girlfriend is the British-Indian model Sofia Hayat.
They were spotted by the shutterbugs in a party when the two were quite close and posed for a photo together. However, the two have never admitted being in a connection with each other and the cricketer even doesn’t recognize the model. Rohit Sharma is now happily married to Ritika Sajdeh who also happens to be his manager.
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1. Virat Kohli and Izabelle Leite
A young Virat Kohli was a heartthrob for every girl in India as he instantly made an impression with his good looks and attacking brand of cricket. Several hearts were broken when he started seeing actress Izabelle Leite.
Once Izabelle was spotted with Kohli her career took off and she even signed several Bollywood flicks. Much like the rest of relationships on the list this too couldn’t last the distance and they went their separate ways. Kohli met the love of his life, Anushka Sharma, in 2013 on the set of a television commercial.
The two instantly connected and started them which made all their fans delighted. The power couple married each other in 2017 in the presence of both their respective families in Italy.
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