Team India's veteran batsman KL Rahul turns 32 today (April 18). KL Rahul is currently leading the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. KL Rahul also performed brilliantly in the 2023 World Cup.

Born on 18 April 1992 in Karnataka, KL Rahul married actress Athiya Shetty. Just like KL Rahul's batting is brilliant and amazing, his love story is also very interesting and a super hit.

Where did KL and Athiya first meet?

KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty first met through a common friend. After this, a series of dialogues started between the two. Both became friends first. Later friendship turned into love. After this, both came into a relationship in 2019.

However, both of them did not make their relationship public for almost a year and a half after getting into a relationship. On 18 April 2020, i.e. 4 years ago, Athiya first wished KL Rahul on his birthday through social media. At that time, Athiya shared the photo on social media and wrote, Happy birthday my person.

Both disclosed that they are in a relationship in 2021

When KL Rahul went to England to play a Test series in 2021, Athiya was also present there with him. Both appeared together in several ad shoots that year. Both were seen together in many events. After this, in the same year, he revealed that he was in a relationship.

KL Rahul and Athiya got married on 23 January 2023. The two got married at Athiya's father Sunil Shetty's Khandala farmhouse.

KL Rahul's father is a professor of civil engineering and former director of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) in Mangalore and his mother is an associate professor at Mangalore University.

KL Rahul's Test debut in 2014

KL Rahul played his first Test match in Australia in 2014. He made his debut in international cricket in Dhoni's last Test match.

At the same time, he made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe on 11 June 2016 at the Harare Sports Club. He then made his T20 International (T20) debut against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on 18 June of the same year.