He is a famous former Team India pacer and was also the most eligible bachelor of cricket and she is a B-town actress who rose to fame with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Chak De! India’ as Preeti Sabarwal. Yes! We are talking about Zaheer Khan and Sagarika Ghatge, who tied the knot in 2017. Before Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma stormed the internet with their wedding, it was Zak and Sagarika who trended on social media for their much-awaited wedding.
The two are extremely private people and maintain a low-key relationship as before they announced their engagement on social media, nobody was aware of their relation. Zaheer and Sagarika shared pictures on their social media where the B-town actress was spotted flaunting her engagement ring.
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Zaheer proposed to his lady love during IPL in 2017. Zak took a day break from a game as the side had two days off, and flew down to Goa with Sagarika. Much to the actress’ surprise, Zak proposed her, giving her a ring in a fairy tale way. The two then announced the news on social media, surprising everyone as nobody had a whiff about them being in a serious relationship. But the rumours of them started doing the rounds when Zaheer and Sagarika made a couple entry at Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech’s wedding reception in 2016 and stole all headlines.
Interesting to note, Sagarika made her Bollywood debut with ‘Chak De!’, where she dated a cricketer (played by Vivan Bathena), who never appreciated her skills. But in real, Zaheer has always stood by her and has respected what she has done. The common factor between the two is that they both come from Maharashtra. Sagarika in an interview revealed that Zaheer speaks more fluent Marathi than her as she was in a boarding school while Zak studied in a Marathi school.
As Zak was busy with IPL and Sagarika was promoting ‘Irada’, both decided to take some time to get married. But, Sagarika started accompanying him at many events. She has also attended a IPL match wearing his team’s jersey (Delhi Daredevils back then). Zak, also on his part, attended the screening of her film, ‘Irada’.
The two then formally got engaged in a grand ceremony held in Mumbai. The ceremony was attended by several cricketers and B-town stars including Virat-Anushka, Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali, Rohit Sharma with wife Ritika Sajdeh, Prachi Desai, Bobby Desai and many others.
Zaheer and Sagarika tied the knot through registered marriage on November 23, 2017, at Zak’s Mumbai residence in presence of family and friends. For the wedding, Sagarika chose a beautiful maroon saree with less jewellery while Zak was looking dapper in pink kurta and white pyjama. Now, the stunning couple are enjoying their married life peacefully, away from media eye. Post the wedding, the two shared mesmerising pictures of their exotic honeymoon.