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Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap were dressed in matching royal blue attires for their Hyderabad wedding reception. Even as the couple looked regal, so did their wedding reception cake, which was also decorated with blue icing!

HIGHLIGHTS

1.       Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap tied the knot on December 14, 2018

2.       The couple had a wedding reception in Hyderabad

3.       The wedding reception cake looked as regal as the couple

Unless you've been living under a rock since the past few days, you would be aware of the fact that Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal got married to fellow Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap. The two players, who have been shining in international tournaments, shared the happy news with fans and followers by posting pictures from their intimate wedding on their respective social media pages. Nehwal, who is a former world No. 1 player, has stunned everyone with her bridal avatar. For her wedding, she donned a beautiful and elegant lehenga with floral motif; Parupalli wore a light pink sherwani for the ceremony that took place in Hyderabad. However, the couple things up a notch for their wedding reception, where Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap were both spotted in a royal blue Sabyasachi festive ensemble. Saina looked absolutely stunning in the heavily embroidered lehenga even as Kashyap's regal sherwani matched it in colour and grandeur.

But, it wasn't just the happy young couple that were dressed up in blue - their wedding reception cake was too! Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap looked incredibly blissful as they cut a beautifully decorated multi-tiered cake with blue icing and intricate decorations. The couple cut the beautiful and enormous cake in the presence of close friends and family and the pictures from the cake - cutting ceremony have gone viral on Instagram.

Take a look at some of the pictures from Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap's cake cutting ceremony during their wedding reception in Hyderabad:

Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap's grand wedding reception in Hyderabad saw many famous personalities from the fields of sports, entertainment, politics and business. Among the celebrities who attended the event were Bollywood actor Rakul Preet and South Indian superstar Nagarjuna. Nehwal and Kashyap had been friends for about a decade and the couple decided to take tie the knot recently in a very private ceremony in Hyderabad.

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Australia will battle India in the second Test which will be held at the Perth Stadium.

Australia head coach Justin Langer has resorted back to the wise words of former great Allan Border to help his batsmen find some good form in the ongoing 4-match Test series. Australia suffered a 31-run defeat in Adelaide primarily due to the failure of their batsmen as they were unable to put up scores of more than 300 in either of the innings.

“Allan Border used to say there’s more time in Test cricket than you’ll ever imagine … you can bat so much time,” Langer was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

“That’s one of the messages to our young batsmen. One of the things we talk about is partnerships and patience, building pressure on the opposition … it’s one of the important virtues of being a successful Test cricketer.”

Australia will battle India in the second Test which will be held at the Perth Stadium. Amidst uncertainty over the surface in Perth, Langer said, “I’m really fascinated and can’t wait to see what the wicket brings. There’s only been one four-day game in its history.”

I went and watched a bit of the NSW versus WA game — there was certainly some pace and bounce there. We’ve also seen some pace and bounce in it during the one-dayers and T20 game. Time will tell what the wicket brings… If we can get (WACA-style pace and bounce) it’d be a great thing for Test cricket,” Langer added.

Australia squad: Tim Paine (c, wk), Josh Hazlewood (vc), Mitch Marsh (vc), Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Chris Tremain

India squad: Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ravi Ashwin, Ravi Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar