In Pics: Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund gets married to Aarabhi Badri

Tamil Nadu and India opener Abhinav Mukund became the latest cricketer to get hitched, as on Wednesday, he got married in a private ceremony. The ceremony was attended by a host of guests, despite it being an extremely private affair. The event saw his Tamil Nadu teammates attend the wedding, including captain Dinesh Karthik, who came with his wife and India’s premier women’s squash player Dipika Pallikal. Also, Karthik was the one to reveal the news that Mukund got married, when he posted pics on his Instagram account from the ceremony and with the newlyweds.

Introducing to the world Mrs.Aarabhi Badri,my wife as i can say as of today. On this happy occasion,I would like to thank my family and friends for making this day exceptional,one that… https://t.co/FQc1kgPv2P

— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) March 8, 2019

As for the international career, Mukund is nowhere in the picture for the upcoming season. He made his Test debut way back in 2011 against England, has featured in seven Tests for India. However, despite Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir fizzling out of the scene, post the 2011 Test series against England, Mukund could never cement his place in the team.

Six years after making his debut, he was recalled to the Test team in 2017 during the series against Australia but failed to justify his selection. After the failures in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he was fortunately retained for the Sri Lanka series. He scored 81 in one of the Tests against Sri Lanka, while his batting partner Shikhar Dhawan slammed a brilliant century. With the rise of KL Rahul, Mukund got sidelined and has never been on the radar of the selectors.

Things have gone downhill for Mukund on the domestic front as well. He was removed as captain for the 2018-19 season. But he scored 622 runs with an average of over 51 to make a grand comeback. So far in 139 FC matches, Mukund has 9694 runs at an average of 47.05 with 29 hundreds and a best of 300*. He also has over 3,500 runs in List A cricket with 11 centuries to his name.

Here are some pictures from his wedding:

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That's the second one in the group getting married. The family keeps growing. #thechennai28connection @abhinavmukund & Aarabhi #wedding #happytimes

A post shared by Sundeep Samraj (@sundeepsamraj) on Mar 6, 2019 at 7:58am PST

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Of murrukku, Thattai and tam chole. Of mastermind quizzes and negative points for first benchers. Pre-mehendi scenes at #TheChennai28connection @yadhu92 @anusha_raj @s_krithika @kasyap90 @mayaganapathy

A post shared by Aditya Kasyap (@aditya_kasyap) on Mar 5, 2019 at 7:03pm PST

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Finally ditched our sweaty clothes & cleaned up in @houseofmasaba for my boy, @abhinavmukund! #mandown #thechennai28connection

A post shared by Dinesh Karthik (@dk00019) on Mar 6, 2019 at 7:33am PST

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