Madhuri Dixit confesses her love for an Indian cricketer

The love affair between Cricket and Bollywood is some how a part of Indian cricket. From the yesteryears stupendous pair of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore to the modern age lovers Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, there has always been a connection between the two most popular streams in the country.

The duo of Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech silently dated for a number of years and eventually tied the knot in 2016. There was a time when former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was alleged to have been dating actress Deepika Padukone. Zaheer Khan recently got engaged to actress Sagarika Ghatge while Harbhajan Singh married actress Geeta Basra. Hence, there have been many incidents of cricketers falling for the beautiful ladies from the Indian cinema industry.

I am mad for Gavaskar

Recently, an old video has surfaced on social media where the heart throb of the 1990s Madhuri Dixit expressed her love for India’s master blaster Sunil Gavaskar. The incident runs back to 1992 where in an interview to India Today, Madhuri confessed, “I am mad for Sunil Gavaskar. He is too sexy. I want to run behind him and he even came in my dream.”

She was a 25-year-old actress then at the peak of her career while Gavaskar had already retired and was 43. “I have seen him playing cricket for India and I like him so much,” said Madhuri.

While it is no surprise given the kind of reputation Sunil Gavaskar enjoyed before the Tendulkars and the Dravids arrived in Indian cricket. He held numerous records which were later bettered by Sachin. In his cricketing career, the little master scored an astounding 10,122 runs with 34 centuries to his name that too at a splendid average of 51.12, and was a fan favourite back in his time.

Currently, he is working as a commentator in international cricket and also for the Indian Premier League. Gavaskar is a respected entity in the India cricketing circles, his views, opinions and insights hold a lot of value and he regularly writes columns and expert reviews for various newspapers and appears on News channels.