Ishant Sharma-Pratima Singh Love Story: Team India’s star players are in the news as much for their game as they are in the news for their personal life. Fans are also very excited to know about the love story of their favorite players. In this news, we will tell you about a player of Team India who lost his heart to a basketball player. Their love story is quite filmy.
This cricketer’s wife is a basketball player
Indian cricket team’s experienced fast bowler Ishant Sharma has given victory to the Indian team on many occasions with his sharp bowling. He started his international career in 2007. In 2007, he played the first Test match against Bangladesh in Dhaka. At the same time, Ishant Sharma married Indian women’s basketball player Pratima Singh on 10 December 2016. Let us tell you, both of them dated each other for about 5 years before marriage.
This is how Ishant and Pratima met for the first time
Ishant Sharma and Pratima met for the first time in a tournament. Ishant had come to this tournament as a chief guest. This is where their love story started. Pratima was not playing in this match due to injury. She was given the responsibility of scorer. As soon as Ishant saw Pratima, he seemed to be lost in a different world. When Ishant saw Pratima in the role of scorer, he did not know that she was an international player. After this, both of them got acquainted and a series of meetings started.
Pratima has represented India in basketball
Born in Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, Pratima has represented India in basketball. Pratima started playing basketball in 2003 at the age of 13. Pratima is also very tall like Ishant. Her height is 5 feet eight inches. She has a master’s degree in physical education. Apart from this, she has also done a diploma in basketball coaching. At the same time, Ishant has played 105 test matches so far and has taken 311 wickets in these matches. On the other hand, he has taken 115 wickets in 80 ODIs and 8 wickets in 14 T20 matches.
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