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5 Indian cricketers who married twice

List of cricketers who got bowled over twice
List of cricketers who got bowled over twice

From Virat Kohli to Zaheer Khan, 2017 saw many cricketers getting married and starting a new innings with their life partners. Ideally, we are all searching for that one person to spend the rest of our lives together. Finding one's better half is nevertheless a tricky job. Indian cricketers too founded themselves in a spot of bother when it comes to finding a perfect life partner.

For those who thought that getting married once was enough of an experience, here's a list of 5 such Indian cricketers who married twice.


#5 Dinesh Karthik

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Dinesh Karthik with his first wife Nikita

Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik aka DK is a Chennai born wicket-keeper batsman. In 2007, Karthik married his childhood friend Nikita (then Nikita Vanjara) at a very young age of 21. Both the families knew each other which led to their early marriage. The wedding lasted for 5 years.

In 2012, if rumors are to be believed, Karthik came to know of his wife's affair with another Indian cricketer and divorced her eventually.

Dinesh Karthik & Dipika Pallikal
Dinesh Karthik & Dipika Pallikal

A year after his divorce, Karthik met Dipika Pallikal in a sports gym as they both were taking fitness sessions under the same coach. Dipika is an Indian professional squash player and Arjuna awardee. Karthik proposed Dipika in London during an international outing. In 2015, the duo went ahead with their relationship and tied knots together on August 18th and 19th by both Christian and Indian rituals respectively.

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