One of the largest talking points in Indian cricket was an alleged relationship between head coach of Team India Ravi Shastri and ‘Airlift’ actress Nimrat Kaur. Over the years, associations. Between cricket and Bollywood have been aplenty – none bigger than the marriage between Indian captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.
Apart from Kohli, former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was married to actress Sangeeta Bijlani, another former skipper Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi married actress Sharmila Tagore and became parents of Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan.
The rumours of relation between Shastri and Nimrat Kaur began in 2018. The news about these two dating became the talk of the town and the Indian head coach had to give a strong reply to end the rumours.
Speaking to Mid-Day during India’s tour of England in 2018, the former India all-rounder reacted to it by saying ‘biggest load of dung’. “Nothing to say when it is the biggest load of cow dung,”
“When I say cow dung, you must understand,”
Nimrat Kaur shot to fame by featuring in an off-beat movie Lunchbox alongside the late Irfan Khan.
Last month, Shastri turned 59