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Gautam Gambhir attends Arjun Tendulkar’s wedding hours before the all-important India vs England T20 World Cup semifinal

It is surprising, if truth be told. Hours later India play England in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium.

Updated on: Mar 5, 2026, 16:33:29 IST
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On a day India play their T20 World Cup semifinal against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, there is another big event that's being held in the Maximum City. It's Arjun Tendulkar's wedding. And Arjun is India legend Sachin Tendulkar's son, so it's no ordinary event. It's a big event, and the national media is vigorously covering the event.

The big Indian wedding, of course! (PTI)
The big Indian wedding, of course! (PTI)

Now since India are playing later in the evening, one would think no way would anyone from the squad have the time to attend the event because match preparations would be at the forefront of their minds. But believe it or not, as per ANI, India coach Gautam Gambhir has gone over to congratulate the couple, Arjun and Saaniya Chandhok. Frankly speaking, it's understandable. Who would not oblige an invitation from the God of Cricket? Gambhir's pics taken at the event have started circulating.

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The Ambanis have been quite active with the wedding preparations since day one. In fact, they recently threw a pre-wedding celebration event in Jamnagar where Nita Ambani said some really lovely words for the Tendulkars.

“Namaskar everyone, welcome to Jamnagar.

“Today, we have all gathered here in the same place where Anant and Radhika took their vows two years ago.

“Sachin and Anjali, you have always been family to us. And our hearts are so full as we share your happiness today.

“My dear Arjun, I have seen you grow up from a little boy at our school and now standing here, ready to begin the most beautiful partnership of your life.

“Saaniya, you have such a warm and positive energy around you. It’s wonderful getting to know you and see you both together. And may God bless your union forever,” she said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are also expected to attend the wedding.

 
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Prateek Srivastava

Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age.   In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there.   After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month.   Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser.   While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.

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