Overview
- Akash Deep married Akshita Raj in Varanasi on Wednesday, June 24, following several pre‑wedding rituals held in his native Baddi village in Bihar.
- He shared photos and a short video from the ceremony on Instagram with the caption “Ready to play the longest and most beautiful innings together.”
- A clip of Akash saying that inviting Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma would have made holding the wedding in Varanasi impossible went viral and became the main focus of media coverage.
- The ceremony was a close, traditional affair attended by family, local guests and figures such as India pacer Mukesh Kumar and singer Pawan Singh, and some outlets reported a Bihar government recommendation for a DSP post for Akash that is not widely corroborated.
- Akash remains sidelined by a lower‑back stress injury that ruled him out of IPL 2026 and recent India selections, and he is focused on rehabilitation before any return to competitive cricket.