The relation between a cricketer & a journalist is inter-dependant. A journalist is nothing without the cricketers (sportspersons) and the cricketers are nothing without the media!
The journalists have the power to raise a player’s career & at the same time, they can damage their careers too! This often leads to a hunky-dory relationship between them. Yet, there are a few cricketers who have had a great bonding with journalists!
These cricketers turned their friendship into matrimony & at Cricketcult, we will bring you 5 such cricketers who married journalists.
Imran Khan
The Dashing Pakistani all-rounder and now the prime minister of Pakistan married BBC television presenter Rehan Khan. Imran married Rehan in his Islamabad residence in 2014. 68yr old Imran Khan married Reham 20 years younger to him. Rehan Khan currently works in Pakistan’s Dawn News & she has 3 kids from her first marriage.
The former Pakistan captain had earlier married Jemima Goldsmith & they have two sons from that marriage. Their 9 yr old relation ended in 2004 and Imran married to Rehan in the same year. Interesting fact- Jemima is also a popular journalist. Mrs.Goldsmith is the associate editor of New Statesman and Editor for Vanity Fair.
Martin Guptill
Stuff.co.nz
The world cup 2015 hero fell head over heels for Laura McGoldrick, a journalist with Sky Sports New Zealand! The NZ skipper first met Laura McGoldrick when she had gone to interview Guptill.
Martin & Laura married on September 13, 2014 at Auckland. The couple enjoyed the whole night at the multimillion-dollar villa of Graeme Hart. Hart is New Zealand’s richest man featured in the top 200 richest men in the world according to the Forbes in 2014. By the way, do you know the best part of his marriage? Martin’s national team-mate and close friend mate Ross Taylor became the best man in the wedding ceremony.
Albie Morkel
The tall & lanky South African quickster married Roz Kelly who is a television reporter at Australia’s Channel Nine. In December 2014, they both got married at Zorgvliet wine estate, near Stellenbosch. Albie’s marriage ceremony saw the presence of many of Alibie’s national team-mates.
Stuart Binny
CricTracker.com
The Indian all-rounder married the gorgeous Mayanti Langer in 2012. Mayati is till date one of the popular face of television sports anchoring in the country. In 2012, she began her anchoring career in football shows & also hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on ESPN.
Langer also hosted the 2011 ICC World Cup & 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Though Stuart could not get any opportunity during the 2015 World Cup, he however took home Mayanti Langer from that tournament!
Mayanti earned lots of love from the audience as an energetic reporter for Star Sports during the marquee tournament.
Javagal Srinath
The Indian Pace bowling legend’s first marriage ended in divorce. However, Srinath married a sports journalist called Madhavi Patravali in 2007. Madhavi is a Senior Copy Editor in one of the top National English daily in the country. Srinath & Madhavi’s wedding took place on December 13, 2007 at Mysore. Their wedding was a very private affair limited to only close family and friends.