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The battle of the field of cricket, which after leaving the bat, tried his luck in acting, but he could not achieve success. Former cricketers appeared in two films and both of his films have a bad fate at the box-office ….Read more

Cricketers proved to be a flop in films.

New Delhi. The relationship between Bollywood and cricket is quite deep and quite old. There are many couples including Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma, Sharmila Tagore-Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, KL Rahul-Atia Shetty, Geeta Basra-Harbhajan Singh, Hazel Keech-Yuvraj Singh whose love story is still very famous in Bollywood and cricket corridors. Another name was continuously added to the list of popular couples of Bollywood and cricket world. This name is of Bollywood’s ‘Dhak-Dhak Girl’ Madhuri Dixit and former Indian captain Ajay Jadeja. The love story of both of them was discussed far and wide, but the exaggeration of the X couple is such that their love story remained incomplete.

Ajay Jadeja and Madhuri Dixit met during a photoshoot and in the first meeting, their hearts started beating for each other. Gradually, her closeness started growing and Madhuri became so crazy in the love of the cricketer that she had left everything and decided to hold the hand of the heir of the royal family of Jamnagar. Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja was declared as Jam Saheb of Navnagar in October last year.

Madhuri married NRI
The love of Madhuri Dixit and Ajay Jadeja was climbing that the name of the cricketer came out in match fixing, which not only eclipsed their career, but also their love story. Seeing Ajay’s increasing troubles, Madhuri had opted out of him. After the breakup with Ajay Jadeja, the girl married Shriram Nene in the year 1999.

Ban was banned for 5 years
Where on one side there was upheaval in Ajay Jadeja’s love life. At the same time, his career on the other side also derailed. In the year 2000, BCCI banned Ajay Jadeja from cricket for 5 years due to being involved in match mixing. However, on January 27, 2003, the Delhi Court removed the ban from the cricketer, due to which he did not have to complete the sentence of 5 years.

Both films flopped at the box-office
Ajay Jadeja turned to films after being banned from the cricket field. He first appeared in the film ‘Khel’ in 2003 with Sunil Shetty, Sunny Deol and Celina Jaitley. Directed by Yusuf Khan, the film was released in October 2003. ‘Khel’ was a flop at the box-office. Ajay Jadeja’s second film was released after 6 years, ‘Pal Pal Dil Paana’ and this film was also piled on the ticket window.

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Ajay Jadeja, who has left his mark as an all -rounder on the cricket field sometimes with his bat, proved to be a flop in films. His film career could not succeed. He appeared in 2 films and both were rejected by the audience.