Australian cricket star Glenn Maxwell is preparing extra security for his wedding next month, after the details of the event were spread online.
Maxwell is set to marry Vini Raman in what will be a traditional Hindu wedding in Melbourne, involving a number of events spread over an entire week.
A photo of the wedding invitation was tweeted by Indian actor Kasturi Shankar to her 313,000 followers, and quickly spread around the internet.
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“I had a bit of a worrying day the other day,” Maxwell said during Tuesday’s Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in Canberra.
“I got sent a photo from one of my former IPL teammates who I hadn’t seen in a couple of years and he had been sent the Tamil wedding invite by a numerous amount of people.
“So unfortunately that was making the rounds online. I think we’re going to have to increase security at our Hindu wedding.
“Check online. It’s everywhere. Look up Maxwell wedding, it’ll be somewhere.”
Maxwell is hugely popular in India given his cult status in cricket, particularly Twenty20, and his success in the Indian Premier League.
The fact he is marrying Indian-born Raman in a Hindu wedding ceremony will only make him more popular overseas.
Maxwell had to withdraw his availability from next month’s tour of Pakistan to ensure he had enough time to marry Raman.
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