Saina, Kashyap get married in private ceremony

HYDERABAD:Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap tied the knots in a simple ceremony here on Friday.

“Saina got married as per court rules at about 11.30 (AM),” her father Harvir Singh told reporters.

The wedding took place at Saina’s residence in Orion villas at Raidurgam in Cyberabad.

“It was a small gathering of about 40 guests, including relatives of the Saina and Kashyap’s families.

“It was a very simple ceremony and December 16th will be  the reception,” Singh said.

The guests included Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan, according to Singh.

Saina posted a photograph with Kashyap on Friday announcing her marriage.

“Best match of my life…#justmarried,” she wrote in twitter.

While Saina wore a powder blue lehenga and minimal makeup and jewellery, Kashyap was dressed in a pink kurta and white pyjamas.

Saina and Kashyap, who met at Pullela Gopichand’s academy, were in a relationship for quite some time now. But the couple never came out in the open regarding their relation. (AGENCIES)