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Veteran cricketer fell in love with Bollywood actress
Absconded the very next day wearing the ring
New Delhi: Many cricketers of India married Bollywood actresses. Virat Kohli is the biggest example of this. But do you know that even before the love story of a West Indies cricketer started, their relation became ‘the end’. We are talking about former West Indies cricketer Gary Sobers who fell madly in love with Bollywood actress Anju Mahendru. But he could not find his love.
Anju Mahendru had told in an interview that she met Gary Sobers at a dance party. This was the beginning of the love story. Even before Anju could understand anything, Sobers had proposed her. While proposing, Sobers wore a ring on her hand. Anju happily accepted it too.
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absconded the next day
Gary Sobers returned to London the very next day after this incident. Actually, Anju’s family did not like that she became the wife of Gary Sobers. He said that we will not get Anju married to a black man. This is the reason why Gary distanced himself from Anju. However, Gary used to invite him in each of his matches. Many times, in the middle of the match, Gary used to come out of the field to meet Anju. Anju had told that I had called him before leaving but he refused to recognize me. After that I had broken the relation with him.
sobers career
Gary Sobers was one of the best all-rounders of the West Indies. He played 93 test matches. In which he scored a total of 8032 runs. His average was 57. At the same time, he also scored a triple century in the Test. While bowling, he took 235 wickets in his name in Tests and did the feat of taking 5 wickets 6 times. He also played 1 ODI but he was dismissed for 0 in that.
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Tags: Gary Sobers, West Indies Cricket Team, West Indies Cricketer
FIRST PUBLISHED : March 16, 2023