After reportedly being in a relationship for the past decade the two popular names from the badminton fraternity Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap are all set to get married by the end of this year. Yes! You read it right that the Hyderabad based badminton stars had been in a relationship for 10 years now and the two are all set to take their relationship on the next level. As per a report in Times of India, the marriage will take place on December 16, 2018, and is set to be a private affair which will be attended by 100 people. The reception party will take place on December 21, 2018. Saina Nehwal gets a bronze medal in Asian Games 2018. 

A source told the newspaper that Saina and Kashyap’s families have been planning for the wedding for a while now and finally, the date had been decided. “Both families had been planning the wedding for a while now. Now they have finalised the date. The arrangements are all for December 16,” said the source to the newspaper.

The two managed to keep their relationship under the wraps. Also, Kashyap quite frequently maintained the stance of being good friends with Saina as they practice together. But those close to the Saina and Kashyap knew that they are fond of each other. The two met in 2005, when they started training together under Pullela Gopichand.

With this, Saina, 28 and Kashyap, 32 will be joining the league of sporting matches after Dipika Pallikal-Dinesh Karthik, Ishant Sharma-Pratima Singh and wrestlers, Geeta Phogat-Pawan Kumar and Sakshi Malik-Satyawart Kadian. Winning 20 titles, Sania has made India proud by clinching a bronze in Olympics whereas Kashyap too had done quite well in the men’s circuit and was once ranked number 6.

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