Karachi: The wedding festivities of Pakistan’s ace pacer Shaheen Afridi and Ansha Shahid Afridi, the daughter of veteran cricketer started in full swing. Shaheen Shah Afridi is all set to take his bride Ansha home tonight and their pre-wedding festivities started last night with an intimate mehndi gathering at the Afridi house in Karachi last night. The glittering ceremony was also attended by Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam.

Shaheen Shah Afridi’s wedding ceremony also saw the presence of cricket stars such as Misbah-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Tanveer Ahmed, and Sohail Khan. The celebrated cricketer, Shahid Afridi hosted a private dinner at his place on Monday night, a day before he weds off his daughter with Shaheen tonight, for both the families.

The videos and pictures from the gathering are going viral on social media, raising the anticipation of fans to see their favourite cricketer and his wife in their bride and groom looks.

It is pertinent to mention that the wedding invites of the couple went viral on social media earlier this month, which confirmed that the rukhsati ceremony of Ansha will take place in Karachi on Tuesday, September 19 (tonight), while Shaheen’s family will host the Walima reception in the capital on September 21. For the unversed, the left-arm fast bowler got engaged to the second eldest daughter of the former skipper of the national cricket team, Ansha Shahid in 2021, as confirmed by both families. The duo got nikkahfied in a private affair in February this year, attended by close friends, family and teammates. Pakistan men’s cricket team, under the leadership of Babar Azam, will now participate in the upcoming ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 in India, scheduled to commence on October 5.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 20 2023

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