Five cricketers who married their relatives

Shahid Afridi- Nadia Afridi 

Whenever someone talks about Pakistan cricket, there’s one name that always comes up in the mind is that of Shahid Afridi. The former Pakistan skipper was one of the finest all-rounders the game of cricket ever witnessed. Be it being brutal with the bat or aggressive with the ball, Afridi was a potential match-winner for his nation.

In his career spanning 22 years, he had several records to his name, some of which are still unbroken. He recorded the fastest hundred in one-day internationals during the match against Sri Lanka by notching up a ton in just 37 deliveries. The record stood tall for 18 years until New Zealand’s Corey Anderson broke it against West Indies. Apart from his batting heroics he also holds the record for most wickets taken as a captain in T20Is.

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As his ranks in cricket went high in the cricket, the swashbuckling all-rounder from Pakistan got married to his maternal cousin Nadia Afridi in 2000 at an age of 20 years. As of now the couple is married for 21 years and have five daughters, one of which will get hitched to current Pakistani pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi.

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