Ajit Agarkar married Fatima Gadiyali, who is his friend’s sister, on 9 February 2022. It was not easy for Agarkar to marry Fatima, because both of them have different religions. Agarkar is a Hindu Pandit and Fatima is a Muslim, but they say that when there is true love, the loving couple can fight any power in the world. Here we are telling you about the love story of Ajit Agarkar, who has played 221 international matches for India.

Fatima is the sister of Agarkar’s friend

Ajit Agarkar became friends with Fatima because of his brother, Mazhar Gadiyali, a resident of Mumbai, also played cricket and was Agarkar’s friend. Agarkar used to visit Mazhar’s house many times, during this time he became friends with Fatima. Then Fatima was a management consultant in a company. She often went to the ground to watch her brother’s matches. Fatima liked Agarkar’s simplicity very much.

It was not easy for Agarkar to marry a Muslim girl.

Ajit and Fatima’s friendship gradually turned into love. However, the path of this love was not easy. Ajit Agarkar is a Hindu Pandit and Fatima is of Muslim religion. In those times, it was very challenging to get married in a different religion than it is today. Many people were against this marriage. Then Agarkar and Fatima decided that they would not let religion come in the way of their love.

Agarkar and Fatima convinced their family for this marriage. The relationship between the two was revealed for the first time in 2001, a year later on February 9, 2022, both of them got married. Only close friends and relatives attended the wedding, whereas the entire Indian team attended the wedding reception. Fatima and Agarkar have been together for 23 years, there has never been any news of any dispute between them. They have a son, whose name is Raj.

Ajit Agarkar’s cricket career

Agarkar is currently the chief selector of the Indian cricket team. Talking about Agarkar’s cricket career, he played 26 Tests, 191 ODIs and 4 T20 International matches for India between 1998 and 2007, in which he took 58, 288 and 3 wickets respectively.