 Top 5 Cricketers who became fathers before marriage

Australian opener David Warner and his wife Candice were not married when they became parents to their daughter Evie in 2014. The couple got married in 2015

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The former Indian batsman Vinod Kambli also became a father before marriage. He was dating a fashion model named Andrea Hewitt when she gave birth to their son in 2012. Kambli and Hewitt never got married.

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The England captain Joe Root also became a father before marriage. His son Alfred was born in 2017, and Root married his girlfriend Kerry Cottrell in 2018.

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The West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards became a father to a daughter named Masaba with Bollywood actress Neena Gupta in 1981. Richards and Gupta were never married.

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Hardik Pandya, the Indian all-rounder, became a father in 2020, even before he got married to his girlfriend Natasa Stankovic. The couple welcomed a baby boy named Agastya in July 2020.

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