Dinesh Karthik's Story will Give you Give You Goose Bumps
You must have heard of many love triangles right? Today, we are here with another of such stories. One of the biggest love triangles and the most brutal betrayal was faced by cricket Dinesh Karthik. He lost his first wife, Nikita Vanjara to another cricketer, Murali Vijay. Love triangles often hurts the most to the people involved in it. This happened to with Dinesh when Murali Vijay fell for his wife, Nikita and this destroyed their married life.
Dinesh's Life with Nikita
Dinesh and Nikita were childhood friends. Their families knew each other since long. They were fond of each other so the families decided to turn their friendship into relationship. They got married in 2007 when Dinesh was 21 and started their happy married life. After five years of marital bliss, Nikita started to lose interest in Dinesh and fell for Murali Vijay. Dinesh and Murali were good friends. During the crucial Vijay Hazare trophy match against Karnataka, Dinesh had got to know about his wife, Nikita’s affair with Murali.
Soon after Dinesh got to know about the affair he decided to part ways with Nikita. They got divorced in 2012 when Nikita was pregant and then she married her boyfriend, Murali. Since then the cricketers have kept silence on the issue and acted maturely.
Nikita and Murali's Married Life
Since their wedding they had had a steady and happy life. The couple is blessed with three children, two sons and a daughter.
Dinesh Karthik's Second Shot at Love
After divorce with Nikita, Dinesh found love in India's Squash queen, Dipika Pallikar and decided to give it a shot. At first Dipika didn't like Dinesh and thought the fame would affect her career. They took fitness classes from the same couch. But after a few meets her misconception was cleared and they became friends.
In an interview, Dipika Pallikal had recalled her first meeting with Dinesh Karthik and had said:
"In fact, the first time we met was at a marathon some five years ago. After that, we met at the gym and, if I remember, I left for practice without even saying bye to him. Slowly we got to know each other."
Sharing how things had grown between her and Dinesh, Dipika had added:
"We got to know each other at the gym, but there was nothing more, contrary to what most media reports seem to suggest.
“It was February 2013, and I had just won a tournament in Canada while Dinesh was playing domestic cricket in India. I went to Leeds (England) to train for a week and I found him there, coming all the way to see me. That was when I fell for him, realising not many would do something like that. He used to watch me train at the academy and even tried his hand at squash. He played much better than I thought.”
Dinesh proposed Dipika in London after their team won the tournament. In 2013, they exchanged the rings and made it official. They were supposed to be getting married in 2014 but due to some reason it was postponed to 2015. They were blessed with twin baby boys in 2021.
