Finally, it's official. Virat and Anushka have broken up. Here's taking a lot at 7 other cricketer-actress jodis who broke up after love blossomed!
January 2016 has turned out to be the month of break-ups. After Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif's split and Farhan Akhtar-Adhuna Akhtar's divorce announcement, the break-up bug struck another loving couple in B-Town. That of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli. It's said that the growing distance between the two was the major cause of the split.
The two decided to call off their relationship after Anushka refused Virat's proposal to get married sometime during New Year's Eve. Ab hona kya tha! An emotional Virat unfollowed the actress on Instagram and Twitter and had an emotional outburst on the social network when he posted a picture with the caption 'Heartbroken'. That was enough fodder for everyone to speculate and now as we all know, despite none of the parties making the announcement, situations are evidence to the fact that the two aren't together anymore.
While we are still reeling from the shock, here's taking a look at a few other cricketer-actress pairs whose love could not travel the distance and headed towards splitsville...
Sangeeta Bijlani and Mohammad Azharuddin
This was almost like a Bollywood romance. Azhar divorced his first wife Naureen to marry Sangeeta, who he was madly in love with. Little did they know that a rock solid 14 year marriage would crumble into pieces. In 2010, the two headed for a divorce after Azhar's rumoured closeness with Jwala Gutta grabbed headlines! Now, Sangeeta is spotted mostly with her ex-flame Salman Khan and Azhar's life is being made into a biopic that releases this year. Will they show all of it? Let's wait and watch!
Viv Richards and Neena Gupta
The two had been seeing each other and were definitely in a strong relationship. One that wasn't bound by marriage. Not just that, Neena and Viv even had a child out of wedlock, who's now more famous as one of India's finest fashion designers. Masaba Gupta. Viv and Neena parted ways but the actress decided to become a single mother and has struggled to bring her daughter up. Tough woman!
Reena Roy and Mohsin Khan
Reena Roy was in a turbulent relationship with a much married Shatrughan Sinha before their relationship went off. After the heartbreak that Shotgun gave her, she found love in cricketer Moshin Khan's arms. Love made her so blind that she quit the industry and her career at a time she was at the top of her game and married her love Mohsin. But their marriage could not stand the test of time and the two separated soon enough.
Sourav Ganguly and Nagma
Ganguly was already married to his childhood love Dona when sparks started brewing between him and Nagma. And this was one of Bollywood's worst kept secrets. At a time when it was evident that the two were seeing each other, they never spoke of their love affair. It was only when they broke up that Nagma gave an explosive interview claiming that their relationship went kaput as it was affecting Sourav's career back then.
Ravi Shastri and Amrita Singh
Before love blossomed between Amrita and Saif Ali Khan, she was madly in love with an Indian cricketer. Ravi Shastri. But they weren't the usual couple. Unlike others, they professed their love for each other in every interview and soon were the toast of the town. But soon enough, even their affair came to an abrupt end.
Yuvraj Singh and Kim Sharma
They were one of the strongest couples in the history of Indian cricket and Bollwood. They started seeing each other in 2003 and were spotted attending events hand-in-hand. But their 4 year love story ended when the two decided to part ways after irreconcilable differences between them. Sources claim that it was Kim's over-obsession that drove Yuvi to turn his back to her.
Zaheer Khan and Isha Sharvani
Another Bollywood-cricket pair that was expected to walk the distance and fell hugely short of it was that of Zaheer Khan and Isha Sharvani. Romance bloomed way back in 2004 when Isha's Bollywood career had almost nose-dived while Zaheer was one of the most loved bowlers of the country. They courted each other for 8 long years before eventually calling it off. Like Virat and Anushka, it was reported that the growing distance caused a crack in their relationship!
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