Cricket News Desk. There are many cricketers in world cricket who have had the pleasure of becoming fathers before marriage after love. This cricketer has become a father after being in a relationship with his girlfriend before marriage! An Indian is also included in this unique list of cricketers. Let's take a look at such cricketers who have become fathers even before marriage.

1. Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is an Indian cricketer who became a father before marriage. Hardik Pandya got engaged to Bollywood actress Natasa Stankovic on 1 January 2020 in Dubai. On July 30, 2020, Hardik Pandya had revealed that his girlfriend is pregnant and he is going to become a father. Hardik Pandya has named his child 'Agastya'. The marriage of Hardik Pandya and Natasha Stankovic did not last long and they recently got divorced.

2. Joe Root

England captain Joe Root is also included in this list. Let us tell you that Joe Root has also been a cricketer who became a father without marriage. Joe Root has been dating his girlfriend Carrie Cortell since 2014. The couple got engaged before the World T20 in March 2016, after Root became a father out of wedlock. Joe Root's son Alfred was born on 7 January 2017. After this both of them got married.

3. David Warner

Australia's star opener David Warner has become a father without marriage. In 2014, David Warner's girlfriend Candice gave birth to their first daughter. David Warner married Candice in 2015. Warner has three daughters, Ivy, Indi and Isla.

4. Imran Khan

Pakistan's current Prime Minister and cricketer Imran Khan also became a father without marriage. Imran was in a relationship with Sita White. The relationship between Sita and Imran began in 1987–88 and the two became close in 1991. In 1992, a child was born to them, who was Imran's, but at first Imran denied it, later a DNA test confirmed that he was Sita's father. Sita had come, this child was of Imran Khan.

5. Dwayne Bravo

Former West Indies star cricketer Dwayne Bravo has also become a father before marriage. Dwayne Bravo has three children with his two girlfriends, Khaita Gonsalves and Regina Ramjeet.

6. Vivian Richards

While visiting India in 1980, Vivian Richards met the famous Indian actress Neena Gupta. Their affair continued for a long time and both were in a live-in relationship. In 1989, Neena gave birth to a daughter, who was named Masaba. Vivian Richards is married to Mary and has two children.

7.Chris Gayle

This list also includes the world's most explosive batsman Chris Gayle, who has become a father without marriage. In 2017, when IPL was going on, his girlfriend Natasha Berridge gave birth to a daughter. Although there are many other controversies associated with Chris Gayle's name, but Chris Gayle has also achieved this feat.

8. Andrew Symonds

Australia's legendary all-rounder Andrew Symonds, who will bid goodbye to the world in the year 2022, has also become a father before marriage. Symonds and his wife Laura married in 2014. Both of them got married a year after the birth of their son. Besides his wife Laura, he has two children, Chloe and Billy.