Lucknow Super Giant’s team and their captain, KL Rahul played against Rajasthan Royals at the 2022 IPL match, his GF, Athiya Shetty, and her father, Suniel Shetty were captured adoring him. As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is going on, fans and cricket lovers are glued to their T.V screens to praise their favourite players. Although for KL Rahul, it was a more special day as his girlfriend, Athiya, and her parents, Suniel Shetty and Mana Shetty were also captured adoring the captain and his team of Lucknow SuperGiants.
In 2021, KL Rahul and Athiya were hitting the limlights for their rumoured relationship. Late, on Athiya Shett’s 29th birthday, KL Rahul had stunned his 11 million fans on Instagram when he had dropped mushy pictures with the outstanding Athiya to wish her. It was a mushy monochrome picture, in which they were seen flaunting their tongue out while making amusing faces. His adorable birthday wish for Athiya could be read as: “Happy birthday my (red heart emoticon) @athiyashetty”
A few hours back, The picture is from the IPL 2022’s stadium, wherein KL Rahul’s loving girlfriend, Athiya Shetty was captured cheering for her bf along with her father and superstar, Suniel Shetty, and her mother, Mana Shetty. The pictures speak volumes about the warm bond that KL Rahul shares with her would-be in-laws. Suniel Shetty wore Lucknow Super Giant’s jersey while his wife, Mana donned a white T-shirt and beige-hued pants. On the contrary, Athiya was seen excited while talking about the match with her mother.
In a conversation with Gaurav Kapoor, KL Rahul spoke about the endearing bond he shares with his girlfriend’s father and actor, Suniel Shetty. He had stated how Suniel is an avid fan of cricket and fitness and had given some valuable tips to him about the same. Rahul had mentioned:
“He’s not just a fan. He understands the game really well, he’s borderline obsessed. We do have some conversations and arguments. He talks sense every time because he understands the game. ‘You’re not fit enough, you’re getting injured, you’re not eating healthy’. He’s all about a healthy lifestyle and training. If you look at 60, he is as fit as anybody else. If he can do it at 60, I don’t see why I can’t do it.”
The deeply-mad-love couple KL Rahul and Athiya had made their first appearance together on March 15, 2021, during the premiere of Athiya’s brother, Ahaan Shetty’s first film, Tadap.
On the work front, actress Athiya Shetty was last seen in the film, Motichoor Chaknachoor in 2019 with co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui.