Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik 'have been divorced for a few months now', reveals family

Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza had got married in 2010 in Hyderabad and became parents to a baby boy, in October 2018, whom they named Izhaan Mirza Malik.

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik have been divorced for a few months now, the tennis player's sister Anam Mirza stated in an Instagram post. The couple shot back into the limelight after the former Pakistan captain married Pakistani actor Sana Javed on Friday.

"Sania has always kept her personal life away from the public eye. However, today the need has arisen for her to share that Shoaib and she have been divorced for a few months now," Anam Mirza wrote on Instagram. "She wishes Shoaib well for his new journey ahead."

The family also requested privacy during this "sensitive period".

"At this sensitive period of her life, we would like to request all fans and well-wishers to refrain from indulging in any speculation and to respect her need for privacy," they stated.

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The news of 41-year-old Shoaib Malik's marriage to Javed comes a few days after Mirza had posted a cryptic Instagram story, which indicated a potential divorce with Malik.

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"Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard. Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard. Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Choose your hard. Life will never be easy. It will always be hard. But we can choose our hard. Pick wisely," Sania Mirza wrote.

Malik and Mirza had got married in 2010 in Hyderabad, amid controversy after a woman named Ayesha Siddiqui claimed that she was already married to the cricketer. A few days before marrying Mirza, Malik got divorced to Siddiqui.

Malik and Mirza became parents to a baby boy, in October 2018, whom they named Izhaan Mirza Malik.

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