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Smriti Mandhana, a star Indian cricketer, recently announced her engagement to music composer and filmmaker Palash Muchhal in a delightful Instagram video featuring her colleagues.
Mandhana has long kept her personal life out of the spotlight, but suspicions about her connection with Muchhal have been spreading for months.
Muchhal himself hinted in October at a State Press Club event in Indore that Smriti Mandhana would soon become Indore’s daughter-in-law.
While the comment sparked much speculation, the now-viral video put any worries to rest. The announcement comes after Mandhana played a key role in India’s historic ICC Women’s ODI World Cup victory.
The engagement was announced with a light-hearted dance reel to the Bollywood song ‘Samjho Ho Hi Gaya’ from Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, and Arundhati Reddy performed a choreographed dance. At the end of the reel, as the music faded, Mandhana raised her hand to the camera, delicately revealing her engagement ring, confirming the long-awaited news.
Watch the video below:
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends his wishes to the soon-to-be-married couple
Soon after the video was posted, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his wishes to the couple. In his congratulatory note, he mentioned that the wedding is set for November 23, a detail yet to be formally announced by the couple.
“May Smriti and Palaash build a shared life rooted in trust, standing by each other always, embracing responsibilities with love and growing together through each other’s strengths and imperfections,” PM Modi wrote.
Meanwhile, the cricketer who came from lifting the World Cup earlier this month was India’s batting mainstay throughout the tournament, scoring a record-breaking 434 runs in nine innings at an average of 54.22. She surpassed Mithali Raj’s record for the most runs by an Indian in a single Women’s ODI World Cup and struck a century against New Zealand.
She also played an important role in the final against South Africa, helping India get off to a brilliant start alongside Shafali Verma. Though Laura Wolvaardt topped the overall charts, Mandhana finished as the second-highest run-scorer of the tournament.
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