'She is my wife, nothing to hide': Rashid Khan clarifies viral photo, confirms marriage

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s prima cricketer Rashid Khan has yet addressed the increasing online speculation surrounding a viral photograph of him with a pistillate astatine a caller foundation event. On Tuesday, the leg-spinner confirmed connected Instagram that the pistillate successful the representation is his wife, putting an extremity to days of societal media chatter.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The contention began earlier this period aft a representation of Rashid with a pistillate surfaced from the motorboat of the Rashid Khan Charity Foundation successful the Netherlands. The image, which showed the Afghanistan T20I skipper seated beside a pistillate dressed successful accepted attire, rapidly went viral, sparking rumours astir a “secret marriage.”

Taking to Instagram, Rashid clarified that the pistillate seen successful the viral photograph is so his wife, and that the 2 had tied the knot successful August this year.

Sharing a bid of wedding photos and a heartfelt note, Rashid wrote, “On August 2nd, I began a caller and meaningful section of my life. I had my nikkah done and joined a pistillate who embodies the love, bid and concern I ever hoped for.”He further added, “I precocious took my woman to a foundation lawsuit and it’s unfortunate to spot assumptions being made from thing truthful simple. The information is straightforward — she is my woman and we basal unneurotic with thing to hide.

To everyone who has shown kindness, enactment and understanding, convey you.”

Rashid, who chose not to disclose his wife’s individuality to respect her privacy, urged fans to debar spreading misinformation astir his idiosyncratic life. The cricketer had antecedently joined his maternal relative successful October 2024 during a expansive ceremonial successful Kabul, wherever his 3 brothers were besides wed.Through his clarification, Rashid besides redirected attraction toward his charitable initiatives, including his foundation’s efforts to amended education, healthcare, and entree to cleanable h2o crossed Afghanistan.