Top 7 Cricketers who had an affair with Bollywood Actresses

7. Zaheer Khan - Isha Sharvani

Considered to be one of the steadiest romances of the ‘cricket pitch-tinsel town’ alliance, this 8-year-long relationship too faced its share of ups and downs. People around the couple kind of took it for granted that tying the knot would be the next logical step for them. So, it came as a shock when the duo announced that they are not getting married, but are separating instead! Both of them have moved on in their respective lives and the cricketer is now engaged to Chak De India actress Sagarika Ghatge.

6. Sourav Ganguly - Nagma

This is one of the relationships that garnered a lot of media and fan gaze. With media attention starting to take a toll on Sourav’s flourishing career, he ended his choti si love story by marrying his present wife Dona. While Sourav maintained a 'No Comments' stance on this personal issue, Nagma went on speaking publicly that there was indeed something on between her and the Prince of Kolkata. The story obviously did not have a happy ending.

5. Rohit Sharma - Sofia Hayat

We know that both, the news of hitman dating Sofia Hayat and she having done Bollywood movies are shocking to you. Well, so were they for us! So, it was back in 2012 Sofia revealed that she had dated Rohit and that it was over! While she did not give the exact reason behind their breakup, she said that “she was looking for a gentleman this time”.

Interestingly, five years after all this, Sofia blocked Rohit on twitter.

4. Ravi Shastri - Amrita Singh

Thanks to his cricketing strokes doing good on the pitch and also his dashing looks, Ravi was already a darling amongst the masses. Bollywood actress Amrita too was slowly finding her foothold in the film industry during the late 80s. They painted the town red when they candidly confessed their feelings for each other in front of the camera. But unfortunately, their romance was short-lived, when Ravi married Ritu in 1990, and a few years later Amrita got married to actor Saif Ali Khan.

3. Neena Gupta - Vivian Richards

One of the legends in International cricket, Sir Viv Richards, and Bollywood actress and theatre person, Neena Gupta, shared an unconventional relationship. They were secretly involved with each other even though he was married at that time. The Indian actress fell in love with West Indies cricketer, and what followed was a series of gossips and rumours. Even though Neena and Vivian never tied the knot, they maintained a serious relationship for the brief period of time that they were together. And, next came the news of the birth of their daughter Masaba, who stays with her mom.

2. Yuvraj Singh - Deepika Padukone | Kim Sharma

Yuvi has always known to be a charmer amongst ladies. Even Bollywood beauties like Kim Sharma and Deepika Padukone could not help, but fall to his lovely ways. While Yuvraj was maintaining his ‘just good friends’ stance, one could simply not ignore his great chemistry with these actresses. While his relationship with Kim was steady and long (sadly it did not go anywhere), it was fairly short-lived with Deepika. However, the sizzle in the both love stories fizzled out. And today, Deepika is happy in the company of her 'lucky boy' Ranveer Singh. On the other hand, Kim married businessman Ali Punjani and moved to Kenya.

1. Ms Dhoni and Deepika Padukone

The former captain of Indian cricket team is also said to have dated the dimpled beauty, Deepika Padukone. Their affair garnered a lot of unwanted attention when Dhoni invited her for a T20 match against Australia. Her presence in the match set the gossip mills running. However, none of these stars confirmed dating each other.

Phew! These beauties have been bowled over by the best spinners and bowlers and batsmen, but their love lives did not last long. With the way both Bollywood and Indian Cricket are becoming closely knit, looks like there are going to be many more such link ups to delight us in the future!