Mumbai: The much-anticipated wedding of cricketer Smriti Mandhana and music composer Palash Muchhal has been delayed due to a family emergency. The father of the cricketer, Srinivas Mandhana, suffered a heart attack amid the wedding preparations at the Mandhana Farm House in Samdol, Sangli. The news of the emergency was informed by Smriti’s business manager.
“Today in the morning, when he was having breakfast, Smriti Mandana’s father, Mr Srinivas Mandhana, got unwell. We waited for a while. We thought that maybe it’s normal, he will be fine. But he was getting worse. So we thought, let’s not take any risk, so we called an ambulance and took him to the hospital. Now he is under observation,” said the manager.
Smriti Mandhana wedding with Palash Muchhal postponed after her father suffers a heart attack
As per sources, the father of the cricketer was immediately rushed to a private hospital. Soon after, the cricketer and her family rushed to the hospital. As of now, Srinivas’s condition is stable and is under observation.
Meanwhile, considering the current crisis, the event scheduled for today is postponed. It is not clear when the wedding proceedings will resume. The manager added, “You know Smriti is very close to her father. She decided that until her father gets well, this marriage, which was supposed to happen today, is indefinitely postponed. Now he is under observation, and the doctor has said that he will have to stay in the hospital. And until he gets well, because we are also in shock, and we want him to recover soon.”
With the wedding postponed indefinitely, the wedding company has started removing the decor set up for the event that was scheduled for today.
The families of the cricketer and her partner have requested privacy. The couple’s wedding was all set to take place on November 23, in front of her close friends and family. Several videos of the couple’s wedding celebrations had gone viral in the last few days.