It was the unlikeliest of alliances. He, a shy, soft-spoken boy from the back alleys of Hyderabad while she an ace model.

No one can deny that Azhar was jettisoned to the big, bad, glamorous world after his very public affair with Bijlani and their subsequent marriage.

Azhar and Sangeeta's devotion to each other spilled onto the cricketing field, when, defying stringent BCCI rules on spouses, she accompanied him to every cricket match.

The dressing room was given the heave-ho and Azhar spent every moment off the field with his glamorous wife.