Evoking some cliched `maiden over’ puns, cricketer Suresh Raina got hitched to his childhood friend Priyanka Chaudhary at a hotel in the capital on Friday . The two had gotten engaged on April 1. The cricketer had earlier told us that it was a match fixed by his parents.

The private ceremony was attended by many from Team India and his IPL teammates, politicians and Bollywood celebs, apart from the cricketer’s friends from Lucknow. Indian team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and wife Sakshi, International Cricket Council chairman N Srinivasan, Virender Sehwag, Raina’s CSK teammate, and his wife Aarti arrived at the venue to wish the newly-wed couple. West Indian cricketer Dwayne Bravo, another CSK teammate, and coach Stephen Fleming were also in attendance, along with Australian cricketer Michael Hussey , Mohit Sharma and Ishwar Pandey . India vice-captain Virat Kohli and girlfriend Anushka Sharma were also said to be on the guest list, but apparently gave the wedding a miss. The high profile wedding had Twitterati lapping up pictures posted by guests and the hashtag #RainaKiShaadi trended on the site till much after Friday night’s celebration.

From across the border, Shoaib Malik wished Raina and tweeted, “My heartiest congrats to my friend & fav batsman @ImRaina on joining the club! May u b happy forever sorry cudnt join.”

Reportedly , PM Narendra Modi, who was also invited, had sent a letter congratulating the cricketer.

Other notable attendees were wrestler Sushil Kumar, Anupam Kher, Shweta Tiwari, Irrfan Pathan, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, politico Jyotiraditya Scindia and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav .

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / April 05th, 2015