Indian cricketers who got hitched in 2013

Dinesh Karthik has been hogging the headlines today after news broke of his engagement to squash queen Dipika Pallikal. The news amplifies a year where the cricketer enjoyed much positivity which included a return to the Indian national setup earlier this year as featured in the Champions Trophy win in England. The talented wicket-keeper batsman’s skills have never been in doubt – if not for a certain MS Dhoni – he would probably be the first-choice keeper for India. But, he wasn’t the first though as 2013 saw a number of Indian cricketers getting hitched, announcing their engagements/wedding.

Dinesh Karthik

Starting off with Dinesh, the wicket-keeper batsman got engaged to squash star Dipika Pallikal in a gala function in Chennai on Wednesday. The couple were reportedly seeing each other for almost a year and finally decided to make the news public. Dipika is a star in her own right, being the first Indian woman to break into the top-10 of the world rankings and is currently ranked 13th in the world.

Abhishek Nayar Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar got engaged recently as well on 24th November and the 30-year-old took to Twitter to reveal the news saying: “And I am now engaged :) …must I add happily engaged,” he tweeted.

And I am now engaged :) …must I add happily engaged pic.twitter.com/tA2lQddm7L

— abhishek nayar (@abhisheknayar1) November 24, 2013

Piyush Chawla

Piyush Chawla with fiancee Anubhuti

The leg-spinner is set to tie the knot today November 29. Cricketer Piyush Chawla got engaged to Anubhuti Chauhan in a private ceremony in Moradabad on July 26 this year in a simple, low-key affair, where only close friends and family members were invited. Piyush and Anubhuti are neighbours in the Moradabad area and have known each other for quite sometime. Two years ago, they decided to upgrade their friendship to something more. Anubhuti is an MBA graduate and said to be working in the HR department of GE.