5 instances when foreign cricketers were smitten by Indian damsels

#4 Shoaib Malik

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik at a ceremony

This was undoubtedly one of the most controversial and publicised weddings in the history of sport. No one seemed to have a clue when love blossomed between the Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis queen Sania Mirza. It was later known that they both first met in Australia where the cricketer lost a Test match against the Aussies and the tennis star had crashed out of the Australian Open.

While the rival nations compete with each other at each level to prove their superiority, the two lovebirds announced their affair and marriage. Comments and speculation from people started soon after it but Sania shut the haters up with the most logical statement saying, "I was not marrying a Pakistani, I was marrying a person. People try to make political statements but forget that we are human beings."

They soon got married on 2 April 2010 and the great part is both continue playing for their respective nations in their chosen fields.