On Friday, after India’s dominating win over Scotland in Dubai in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021, the Indian opener, KL Rahul was among many of her friends who wished actor Athiya Shetty on her birthday. However, Rahul’s birthday wish is certainly special, and it had two throwback pictures on Instagram as he officially his relationship with the Bollywood actress.
KL Rahul shared a colored and monochrome picture with Athiya on Instagram and captioned the pictures as, “Happy birthday my (heart emoji) @athiyashetty.”
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Athiya Shetty reacted to the post with a white heart and Earth emoji. Her father Suniel Shetty and brother Ahan Shetty reacted to the post with heart emojis. Anushka Sharma, Saiyami Kher, Sania Mirza, Hardik Pandya, Sikandar Kher also dropped several heart emojis to the post. Cricketer Rohit Sharma’s wife commented, “Aaawww. I wish there was a banana chip emoji.” Mandeep Singh even commented, “Happy birthday bhabhi ji @athiyashetty.”
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KL Rahul is currently in UAE for the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021. He, along with Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma, is a part of the Indian cricket team led by Virat Kohli. Virat’s wife, actor Anushka Sharma is also in UAE along with their daughter.
KL Rahul and Athiya have often dropped hints about their rumored relationship but they never confirmed it officially. In July, some of the reports had suggested that Rahul had listed Athiya as his partner before leaving for the World Test Championship Final in England in June, and had communicated the same to the BCCI.
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Explaining the same, one of the sources of Hindustan Times said, “The couple left India together for England for the World Test Championship last month. Before leaving, the logistics department had asked all players for names of people travelling with each of them. The players were supposed to give the names of whether they would be travelling with wives or partners, for which KL Rahul listed Athiya Shetty as his partner. She travelled in the same bubble and stayed in Southampton with the team.”