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 rumors about her connection with Muchhal have been spreading for months. Muchhal himself hinted in October at a State Press Club event in Indore that Mandhana would soon become Indore’s daughter-in-law.
Although the comment brought many speculations, the now-viral video provided answers to any concerns. This announcement follows a historic performance by Smriti Mandhana who was instrumental in the ICC Women ODI World Cup victory of India.
It was announced with a light heart dance reel to the Bollywood song Samjho Ho Hi Gaya out of Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, and Arundhati Reddy were dancing in sync. Towards the end of the reel, when the music had died out, Mandhana held up her hand to the camera, and softly showed her engagement ring, as the news that had been so long awaited was confirmed.
Watch the video below.
Narendra Modi extends wishes to Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal ahead of their marriage
Shortly after the video was uploaded, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the couple a good life. In his congratulatory mail he stated that the wedding will be November 23, and this has not been officially confirmed yet by the couple.
At the same time, the World Cup winning batsman in the recent past was the Indian batting giant during the tournament who scored a record-breaking 434 runs in nine matches at an average of 54.22. She set the record of the greatest number of runs by an Indian in one Women ODI world cup match, she scored a century against New Zealand.
She also significantly contributed to the last vs South Africa, which helped India to have a good opening with Shafali Verma. Laura Wolvaardt topped overall rankings, but Mandhana was the second-highest in terms of run-scoring in the tournament.
