Meet The Cricketers Who Married Sports Anchors: Marriages of cricketers have always been an extravaganza of rituals and a prime focus for all cricket aficionados. These marriages become even more special when cricketers find the love of their lives on the cricket field.
We’re quite sure about the fact that finding their better halves on the same field ensures a stronger mutual understanding as their spouses have already seen and experienced the hectic schedules, hardcore fitness regimes, and pros and cons of cricket from a closer perspective after working as sports anchors over the years.
List Of Cricketers Who Married Sports Anchors
In this article, we will take a look at the top five cricketers who have married sports anchors and are living happily ever after.
Jasprit Bumrah
The Indian pace spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah, who has been the “main man” for the Indian cricket team since 2016, found the love of his life, Sanjana Ganesan, one of the top sports anchors in India right now. She joined Star Sports as a sports anchor in the same year as Bumrah made his official debut for the IPL i.e. 2013. In one of his most recent interviews, Jasprit Bumrah revealed that although the couple had known each other since the beginning of their careers, they got an official opportunity to interact properly only during the 2019 World Cup in England.
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You’ll be surprised to know that in the first encounter in the 2013 Indian Premier League season where Sanjana Ganesan officially interviewed the IPL debutant, Jasprit Bumrah, the couple found each other to be “arrogant”. However, as their destiny had it, the couple became good friends and later started officially dating after the 2019 World Cup. After dating each other for two years, the beautiful couple tied the knot on 15 March 2021.
Shane Watson
Former Australian all-rounder cricketer Shane Watson met his wife Lee Furlong back in 2006 through mutual friends. Back in 2006, Lee Furlong was hailed as one of the most popular sports anchors who worked for FoxSports. Shane Watson’s love story serves as a perfect testament to the “matches are made in heaven” philosophy. Love instantly blossomed between the couple, and they started officially dating each other in 2007. After dating each other for three long years, the couple tied the knot on 29 May 2010.
The couple have been happily married for fourteen long years now and have been blessed with two beautiful children, Matilda Victoria Watson and William. Shane Watson is often seen sharing adorable moments with his wife and children on his official Instagram page.
Ben Cutting
Another Australian all-rounder, Ben Cutting, found the love of his life in the same field of sports anchoring. You might be surprised to know that the Australian all-rounder met his wife, former Miss World Australia, Erin Holland, who worked as a sports anchor back then on Instagram for the first time in 2014, and as love sparked between the two, the couple remained in a long-distance relationship for almost a decade before finally getting married on February 13, 2021.
In one of her most recent interviews, Ben Cutting’s wife and social media influencer, Erin Holland revealed that she had her life’s first conversation with Ben Cutting on Instagram via direct message, and she never knew that it would spark a love story between the couple, but as they say, destiny has its own plans, love soon blossomed between the two before they decided on spending their whole lives together.
Martin Guptill
Former New Zealand cricketer, Martin James Guptill, who’s still hailed as one of the most prominent opening batsmen of the New Zealand cricket squad and the ultimate hero for the New Zealand side at the 2015 World Cup, met his wife Laura McGoldrick during a professional interview shoot where Laura McGoldrick interviewed Martin James Guptill as a television presenter working for SkySports New Zealand back then.
Martin Guptill revealed in one of his interviews that he instantly fell in love with television presenter and radio jockey Laura McGoldrick as she interviewed him, and they soon became good friends. The couple dated each other for a couple of years before officially tying the knot on 13 September 2014.
Stuart Binny
Fifth on our list of top five cricketers who have married sports anchors and are living happily ever after is former Indian international cricketer Stuart Terence Roger Binny, often simply referred to as “Stuart Binny”, who married one of the most popular sports anchors of India, Mayanti Langer. The couple made their breakthrough in their respective fields in the same year and therefore share a similar trajectory that played a crucial role in their relationship.
Mayanti Langer is one of the top sports anchors in the world. She worked as a sports anchor for Star Sports when she first met the Indian international cricketer Stuart Terence Roger Binny in 2008 during the ICL match. Soon love blossomed between the two and the couple got married in 2012. One interesting fact about the couple that might surprise you is, contrary to the typical societal notions, it was Mayanti Nager who proposed to Stuart Binny for marriage.
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