Hardik Pandya-Natasa Stankovic Divorce Rumours: Hardik Pandya became the nation's heartthrob after he succesfully defended 16 runs off the last over as India beat South Africa in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final to end their world title drought of 11 years. The India all-rounder played his part with both the bat and ball throughout the tournament. As soon as he bowled the last ball of that final which sealed India's win, Hardik broke down in tears.
In a chat with the official broadcasters, Hardik then spoke about how he has had to deal with several things in his personal and professional life in the past six months. As some of his teammates celebrated with their families, Hardik's wife Natasa Stankovic was missing, much like how she had been missing in the entire Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, fuelling speculation of their divorce.
Here is a timelime of Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic's Love Story and the subsequent divorce rumours:
2018: It all began in 2018 in the city of Mumbai. The two met each other at a night party, nothing new for the City of Dreams. They felt an instant connection but their first public apparance together was at Hardik's birthday. That was a hint that the two are dating each other. However, it was later known that Natasa was actually seeing someone else at that time but things became special with Hardik after a seemingly simple birthday wish on social media.
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2019: Social media handles don't seem to lie. As Hardik and Natasa came close to each other, they became more and more visible on each other's social media profiles. In a post dating back to October 2019, Natasa referred to Hardik as her 'Best Friend'. Hardik was even praised for his resiliece and support.
2020: The two got engaged on New Year's Day 2020. Hardik proposed Natasa on a yacht. Pictures had gone viral on social media and everyone seemed to have an opinion on the couple and the nature of their engagement. Later that year, in May 2020, the couple revealed that they were expected their first child. In July 2020, Hardik and Natasa became parents to a baby boy- Agastya.
2023: In 2023, Hardik and Natasa tied the knot again, this time around in a traditional wedding ceremony. It was attended by the couple's close friends and family. Several pictures and videos from the event went viral online with the one in which Hardik happily gives a handsome amount as part of a Indian Wedding culture to his sister-in-law.
2024: Natasa drops 'Pandya' surname from her social media account. A viral Reddit post alleges that the the couple has split. Natasa reportedly even deleted pictures of Hardik from her social media account and was absent from Hardik's IPL 2024 matches even as he was beeing booed by fans after replacing Rohit Sharma as the captain of Mumbai Indians (MI).
As Natasa remains absent from Hardik's social media even as he got a warm welcome as a T20 World Cup winner, a common friend of the duo reckons that 'probably it's over' between the two, as claimed in a report by Times Now.