Zaheer Khan, one of India’s finest fast bowlers, was the second most successful Indian fast bowler in Test cricket after Kapil Dev. Zaheer Khan was born on 7 October 1978 in Maharashtra. Zaheer Khan Khan is married to Bollywood’s beautiful actress Sagarika Ghatge.
Let me tell you that Zaheer Khan married Sagarika in the year 2017. Sagarika was also awarded the Best Supporting Actress Award for the film ‘Chak De India‘. She is also known as ‘Chak De Girl’.
Sagarika Ghatge and Zaheer Khan had dated each other for a long time before marriage. The news of their affair in Yuvraj Singh‘s wedding came to everyone. Sagarika and Zaheer were seen putting their hands in each other’s wedding.
Sagarika told in an interview that she (Zaheer) likes my family even more because she knows how to speak good Marathi. My mother does not know how to speak Marathi but when she speaks in Marathi she loves it.
After this, on 24 April 2017, Zaheer Khan and Sagarika Ghatge got engaged. In November 2017, the two got married.
Sagarika Ghatge is an Indian model, national-level athlete, and actress. Sagarika is best known for playing the role of Preity Sabharwal in the film ‘Chak De India’. In 2015, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 and was a finalist. Sagarika has also worked with Emraan Hashmi in the 2012 film ‘Rush‘.
Zaheer Khan cricket career
Zaheer Khan got a place in India’s ODI team against Kenya for the first time in October 2000 and took three wickets in the first match. Subsequently in November 2000, Zaheer played the first Test match against Bangladesh.
Zaheer has taken 311 wickets in 92 Test matches in his career. While taking 282 wickets in 200 ODIs. Zaheer also played 17 International T20 matches for India and took 17 wickets in his name.