5 Indian sportswomen who are married to cricketers

#2 Dipika Pallikal

Dipika Pallikal has won accolades for the country

For all us Indians who rarely follow squash, the name Dipika Pallikal is synonymous with the sport. Dipika, who started playing professional squash at an early age of fifteen, has always been someone who has stood for her rights and thus is a great ambassador for the upliftment of women in our country.

Apart from having won several squash championships, the 27-year-old Pallikal, who hails from Chennai, has won India a gold and two silver medals in the Commonwealth Games along with a silver and a couple of bronze medals at the Asian Games.

The face of Indian squash, Dipika married Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik in August 2015. In fact, Dipika's association with cricket began even before Karthik as she is the daughter of Susan Itticheria, who represented Indian cricket in seven Tests and two ODIs in the late 1970s.