<p>On New Year 2020, Hardik Pandya dropped a huge surprise on everyone as he announced that he got engaged to Serbian actress Natasa Stankovic.</p>
<p>India's cricket captain Virat Kohli was taken by surprise as he expressed as to how thrilled he was on hearing about the news on Pandya's engagement.</p>
<p>Extending his best wishes to the newly-engaged couple, Virat Kohli posted a comment on Hardik Pandya's engagement post on Instagram which read, "Congratulations H. What a pleasant surprise. Wish you guys great times ahead. God bless".</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, other Indian cricketers and well-wishers also congratulated the couple on their engagement. Cricketer Karn Sharma said, 'Congratulations' while Ishan Kishan posted '@hardikpandya93 woohoo Congratulations meri jaan'. Cricketer Mandeep Singh posted, 'Vadaayian bro! Bruaaahhh'. Hardik's close friend KL Rahul posted a heart emoji while Khaleel Ahmed said, 'Congratulations brother @hardikpandya93'. Bollywood actress Athiya Shetty and MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi Dhoni also posted, 'Congratulations'</p>
<p>After posting a photo of how he was bringing in the New Year with 'firework' Natasa Stankovic, the cricketer took to Instagram later in the day to share a few photos and a video along with Natasa Stankkovic and captioned the post as: "Mai tera, Tu meri jaane, saara Hindustan. 01.01.2020 #engaged".</p>
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<p>Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic got engaged in Dubai and took a ferry ride with some close friends.</p>
<p>On the professional front, Natasa Stankovic was last seen in a song from the Bollywood movie 'The Body' starring Emraan Hashmi and Rishi Kapoor. She had also made it to the finals of 'Nach Baliye' with her ex-boyfriend Aly Goni. Stankovic became a big name on the reality television show 'Bigg Boss 8'</p>
<p>Hardik Pandya, on the other hand, is recovering from his lower-back surgery in October 2019. Pandya will be raring to go and put on his blue jersey once again.</p>
<p><em>Inputs from ANI</em></p>
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