Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik tied the knot with squash player
Dipika Pallikal on Tuesday in a Christian ceremony in Chennai.The
couple will be getting married again in a Telugu-Naidu style
wedding on August 20. Pallikal, who became the first Indian squash
player to break into the top 10 of the World Squash rankings, has
been engaged to Karthik since November 15, 2013.The wedding was a
private affair with close friends and family of the bride and groom
taking part.Dipika had met Dinesh after he divorced his first wife
and childhood friend Nikita. Incidentally, Nikita is now the wife
of Indian Test opener Murali Vijay.Dinesh has been known to support
Dipika in all her decisions and stood by her when she threatened to
pull out of the Asian Games last year as she was not happy with the
draw. He was also there to celebrate her winning the gold medal in
the doubles event at the Commonwealth Games.
