5 foreign cricketers who fell in love with Indian women

#3 Muttiah Muralitharan

Sri Lanka's leading wicket-taker and spinner Muttiah Muralitharan fell in love with Madhimalar Ramamurthy, a Tamil girl who is the daughter of Nithya and S. Ramamurthy - the owners of Malar hospitals. Muralitharan got married to her in 2005 and the couple also have a son, who was born in 2006.

Madhi was interested in everything other than cricket but that was not a problem. According to her, "What I really liked about him was he was always smiling. When somebody smiles at you like that, you feel so relaxed and comfortable. It was very important for me to feel comfortable. I knew he was a celebrated cricketer, but I had to feel comfortable with such a person. He was such a simple and down to earth person that I liked him immediately. I also told him what I expect from a husband. He spoke very honestly about himself, which was very important for me as I am going to live with him."