In Pictures – When Bollywood actresses fell in love with Sportsmen

Harbhajan Singh – Geeta Basra

According to rumours Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra are in relationship with each other. They might tie the knot sometime soon.

Jyoti Randhawa – Chitrangada Singh

Bollywood actress Chitrangada Singh was married to golfer Jyoti Randhawa. Chitrangada however got divorced from him. The couple have a son named Zorawar, whose custody has been granted to Chitrangada.

Lara Dutta – Mahesh Bhupati

After dating Kelly Dorjee and Dino Morea former Miss Universe and actress Lara Dutta tied the knot with a professional tennis player, Mahesh Bhupathi.

Mahima Chaudhary – Leander Paes

Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary was in a long relationship with Leander Adrian Paes who is a professional tennis player but the duo parted their ways.

Neena Gupta – Vivian Richards

Neena Gupta had a relationship with former West Indian cricketer Vivian Richards in the 1980s, the couple have a daughter, Masaba Gupta, a fashion designer.

Sangram Singh – Payal Rohatgi

Actress Payal Rohatgi has been in a relationship with Gold medallist Indian Wrestler Sangram Singh whom she met on the sets of reality show Survivor India.

Sharmila Tagore – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

A Bengali girl Sharmila Tagore having a relationship with a Muslim boy Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was not celebrated at that time. But it did not really matter to Sharmila Tagore that the Nawab of Pataudi was a Cricketer and belonged to a Royal family; what mattered was the love they shared. They both tied the knot on 27th December 1969.

Taapsee Pannu – Mathias Boe

Actress Taapsee Pannu is reportedly dating Danish badminton player Mathias Boe.

Usman Afzal – Amrita Arora

Amrita Arora and Usman Afzal were in a 4 year long love affair. Since UK-based cricketer Usman wasn’t making waves, she dumped him for businessman Shakeel Ladak to be his better half after dating him for six months.

Virat Kohli – Anushka Sharma

The vice-caption of the Indian Cricket Team Virat Kohli has been in relationship with one of the most glamorous actress of Bollywood, Anushka Sharma. They have been spotted together at many occassions and have accepted that they are in a relationship.

Yuvraj Singh – Kim Sharma

Actress Kim Sharma and Cricketer Yuvraj Singh were together for 4 long years. The couple had to part ways in 2007 due to Yuvraj’s mom’s disapproval on their brewing relationship as the sources state.

Zaheer Khan – Isha Sharvani

Cricketer Zaheer Khan had been in an 8 year relationship with the beautiful actress Isha Sharvani. However, the love story could not last for long and they parted ways.