Top 10 Cricketers Divorce in the World – Present to Past Ranked – Updated 2025

Cricket is not just a sport in our country, it’s an emotion for Indian cricket fans. Cricketers are worshipped as gods in our country. As cricket fans, we always think of cricketers’ lives as lavish and luxurious, with the amount of money and fame they get as cricketers.

Cricketers Divorced from Their Wives – Updated 2025

Many cricketers remain in the news not just for their on-field performance, sometimes their personal life becomes the reason for them to be in the news. There are many instances of cricketers being separated from their partners and in this article, we will cover 10 cricketers who got separated from their partners.

10. Ravi Shastri

Former Indian National Cricket Team Head Coach and cricketer Ravi Shastri who has a unique record of hitting 6 sixes in an over, divorced his wife Ritu Singh in 2012, after being together for 22 years. They married each other in 1990 and they also have a daughter named Alekha Shastri. The reason behind their divorce is the hectic schedule of Ravi for his professional commitments and as a head coach of Indian National Cricket Team.

09. Mohammad Azharuddin

Mohammad Azharuddin is also among the divorced Indian cricketers, the former Indian captain known for his noisy on and off-field track record. Like his cricketing career, his personal life has been no less than a roller coaster ride. He married his wife Naureen in 1987 and got separated after 12 years of their marriage in 1996. He has two sons from his first wife Naureen named Mohammad Asaduddin and Mohammad Ayazuddin. The reason for their divorce was Azhar’s rumoured affairs with several women.

08. Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik, a former Indian wicket-keeper batsman got married to his childhood friend named Nikita Vanjara in 2007. However, it ended in a very controversial way as Nikita’s extramarital relationship became public with fellow cricketer Murli Vijay. They got divorced in 2012 and got separated due to this. After three years, Dinesh got married to squash player Dipika Pallikal in 2015. They became parents in 2021 when Dipika gave birth to their twins Kabir and Zian.

07. Mohammad Shami

Mohammad Shami who was part of the victorious Indian team in the recent ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is also part of this cricketer who got separated from their partner after marriage. Shami got married to Hasin Jahan in 2014. However, his married life was not that easy for him. His wife accused him of domestic abuse and infidelity after that they got divorced in 2018. They also had a daughter in 2014 named Aaira.

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6. Manoj Prabhakar

Manoj Prabhakar got married to his first wife, Sandhya in 1994 which eventually ended in 2013 on a bad note after the allegation of infidelity. His wife also accused him of dowry and harassment. After the divorce, he again got married to actress Farheen. They also had two sons after their marriage.

05. Vinod Kambli

Vinod Kambli, a famous left-handed batsman from the 1990s, got married to his first wife, Noella Lewis, in 1998 however, they got divorced in February 2023 because of personal problems in their marriage. He later married fashion model Andrea Hewitt, and they have a son. In 2023, Andrea filed a police complaint saying Kambli abused her. Recently, Kambli was in the hospital due to illness, but he is now in rehabilitation.

04. Javagal Srinath

Javagal Srinath, the very famous Indian fast bowler from the 1990s, got married to his first wife Jyothsna in 1999 however it ended in 2007 after eight years due to personal differences. He later married journalist Madhavi Patravali, and the couple has since opted for a private life together.

03. Shikhar Dhawan

Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan married his wife Ayesha Mukherjee on 30th October 2012. They got separated in 2021 because of their cultural differences also Shikhar Dhawan had to travel which made their relationship a long distance which was not easy for them. The court granted divorce to Shikhar on the basis of mental cruelty by his wife. They also had a son named Zoravar.

02. Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya, a star all-rounder cricketer got married to his wife Natasa Stankovic on 31 May 2020. Their love life was surely one of the best in the cricketing world. Unfortunately, they announced their divorce on the 18th of July through a social media post on Instagram. They got separated after 4 years of being together. The reason for their divorce is still not public. This was a famous divorce in Indian cricket. They also had a son named Agastya Pandya.

01. Yuzvendra Chahal

The most recent divorce news in the cricketing world is about Leg-Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. He got married to his wife Dhanashree Verma on 22nd December 2020. In the initial days of their marriage, they were always seen together on social media posting lovely pictures and videos. They were one of the most famous couples among all the active cricketers. However, they filed for divorce on 20th February 2025.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma, who have been living separately for over two and a half years, had asked the court to allow them to get a divorce without having to explore possibilities of maintaining their marriage in a six-month cooling-off period as required by section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act.

Pakistan cricketer who divorces his wife:

Sania Mirza Shoaib Malik

One more very famous couple, Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza are part of the divorce cricketer list. They got married in 2010 and got separated after 13 years of marriage in 2023. They had a son named Izhaan Mirza Malik, born in October 2018.

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