Punjab Kings' Rahul Chahar marries longtime girlfriend Ishani, pics go viral

Indian international cricketer and Punjab Kings player Rahul Chahar tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend and fiancée Ishani. The leg spinner who was an IPL breakout star got engaged back in 2019 and married on Wednesday (March 9, 2022) in a destination wedding held in Goa.

Chahar took to Instagram to share their first photos as a married couple. "Our Happily ever after!!," he wrote. 

 

 

 

 

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Reports suggest that the couple are planning to host a wedding reception on the coming Saturday (March 12). Rahul had earlier shared pics from their Mehndi ceremony.

 

 

 

 

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Having made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy season, Rahul made his IPL entry in 2017 after being bought by the Rising Pune Supergiant team for 10 lakhs. The next year, Mumbai Indians bought him at the 2018 IPL auction.

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He made his India debut in the T20I format in August 2019 against the West Indies and his ODI debut in July 2021 against Sri Lanka. He was a part of India’s 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad.

In IPL 2021, Chahar took 13 wickets in 11 matches for MI. Punjab Kings bought his services for the next season at the 2020 IPL Mega Auction for a price of Rs 5.25 crores.