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From Ravi Shastri-Amrita Singh to Sourav Ganguly-Nagma: Top cricketer-actress pair who could not travel the distance

In the past few decades, we have seen talks of Ravi Shastri and Amrita Singh, MS Dhoni and Deepika Padukone or Viv Richards and Neena Gupta all rumoured to have failed to balance their ship with each other and ended up parting ways.

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  • Jul 24, 2020, 02:55 PM IST

Cricket's linkup with Bollywood is easily one of the most talked-about topics for discussion.

In the past few decades, we have seen talks of Ravi Shastri and Amrita Singh, MS Dhoni and Deepika Padukone or Viv Richards and Neena Gupta all rumoured to have failed to balance their ship with each other and ended up parting ways.

However, we have also witnessed some successes like Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma, Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech to name a few who went on to tie the knot.

So, here's a look at few cricketer-actress pairs whose love stories failed to travel the full distance and ended up in a breakup.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE FAMOUS ONES:

1. Viv Richards and Neena Gupta

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Former West Indies cricketer Viv Richards and actor Neena Gupta were seeing each other and the two were definitely in a strong relationship but things never got to marriage. 


Not only this, Viv and Neena also had a child out of wedlock in Masaba Gupta, who's is now one of India's most finest fashion designers.


However, things did not turn out to be the way they would have liked it as they parted ways but the Bollywood actress decided to become a single mother and raised her daughter.

2. Ravi Shastri and Amrita Singh

Ravi Shastri and Amrita Singh
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Team India cricketer Ravi Shastri and Amrita Singh were in deep love with each other before the Bollywood actress developed her feelings for Saif Ali Khan.


The couple was very outspoken in public and kept confessing their love for each other in every interview, which eventually turned out to be the toast of the town.


However, their affair came to an abrupt end soon after due to numerous rumoured reasons.

3. Sourav Ganguly and Nagma

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Former Team India cricketer Sourav Ganguly was already married to Dona when rumours started spreading of him and Nagma.


However, this was one of the worst kept secrets in Bollywood.


But they never spoke of their love affair even at the time when it was evident that the two were seeing each other.

 

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. 

4. Yuvraj Singh and Kim Sharma

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Former allrounder Yuvraj Singh and Kim Sharma were one of the strongest couples in the history of Indian cricket and Bollywood.


Back in 2003, they first started dating each other who were spotted attending events hand-in-hand on multiple occasions.


However, their 4-year relationship came to an abrupt end when the two decided to part ways after irreconcilable differences between them. 


Reports also suggest that it was Kim's over-obsession that drove the Indian cricketer to turn his back to her.

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