Met in school, fell in love in college, 10 years of dating, then got married, love story of Indian cricketer

89The love story of R Ashwin and Preeti Narayanan is no less than a film. This story started from school and reached marriage after many years. Ashwin saw Preeti for the first time when he was studying in seventh class. From that very moment he started liking Preeti. His friends also knew that Ashwin liked Preeti. But before he could express his feelings, Ashwin had to change schools to focus on cricket.

Even after changing schools, talks between Ashwin and Preeti continued. Gradually their friendship became stronger. Ashwin was by nature calm, serious and liked to stay alone, whereas Preeti was always happy and made everyone happy. The habits of both were different, but despite this a special relationship was formed between them. With time both of them started feeling love for each other. However, their paths separated after college. Ashwin focused on making his career in cricket, while Preeti started working in event management.

After many years, fate brought both of them together again. During the IPL, Ashwin was playing for Chennai Super Kings, while Preeti was handling the team’s social media. When they met again after so many years, their old feelings came back. Finally, during an IPL event, Ashwin decided to express his feelings. After harboring it in his mind for almost ten years, he expressed his love to Preeti. Preeti also liked him equally.

Both of them got married in 2011 and have been together since then. Today Ashwin and Preeti are parents of two daughters, Akira and Aadhya. The relationship which started as a simple school friendship, later turned into a beautiful love story. Their story proves that if two people are made for each other, then no matter how much time it takes, they reach each other again.