Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- The country’s star player Sakib-al-Hasan got married to his American girlfriend on Wednesday in a ceremony timed for 12/12/12.
The program was originally scheduled at Hotel Sonargaon but to avoid the media the all-rounder changed the venue to Hotel Ruposhi Bangla in an attempt to protect the privacy of his wedding ceremony.
Only a selective group of guests, who included his friends and family members, attended the program, according to his family members and friends.
Local marriage registrar Ibrahim Khaled solemnised the marriage with the dower fixed at BDT 2.0 million, according to reports.
The 25-year-old cricketer, the world's leading all-rounder, introduced his future wife, 23-year-old Shishir, to his fellow cricketers on Monday during the Bangladesh-West Indies Twenty20 cricket match in the capital Dhaka.
The left-arm spinner met Shishir, a Minnesota University graduate, in London in 2010 when he was playing for English county side Worcestershire. Shishir migrated to US along with her family in the early 1990s on a Diversity Visa, reports said.
Hailing from Narayanganj, Shishir is the youngest daughter of Ahmed’s family and has four brothers and two sisters.
Sakib, from the small western town of Magura, has been the mainstay of the Bangladesh team since he made his international debut in 2006.
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