Published 11:25 IST, July 27th 2020

Murali Vijay trolled by fans on Twitter after Ellyse Perry announces divorce with husband

Murali Vijay was trolled by the Twitterati after Australia women's all-rounder Ellyse Perry and her husband Matt Toomua's announced their separation.

Reported by: Jatin Malu
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Australia women's all-rounder Ellyse Perry and her husband Matt Toomua have decided to part ways after four years of marri. couple released a joint statement on Saturday, July 25 and confirmed ir split happened earlier this year itself. Ellyse Perry and Matt Toomua h entered wedlock in December 2015 in what was considered as Australia's biggest 'sporting' romance and marri ever.

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Ellyse Perry divorce: Australian all-rounder parts ways with husband Matt Toomua as netizens troll Murali Vijay

However, rumours of ir separation were rife since February. conjectures about couple's split h begun in February since Ellyse Perry attended Australian Cricket Awards in Melbourne without her wedding ring where she was recipient of  Belinda Clark Award for third time. Ellyse Perry was last a part of national team in 2020 edition of Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia earlier this year which hosts won. However, she developed an injury and got ruled out after playing only four matches.

couple's official statement re, “It’s with greatest of respect for one ar that we decided to separate earlier this year. We felt this was right course of action and is in best interests of each or and our current lives. This is something that has evolved and is a mutual decision. Throughout our relationship, we have remained private and we ask that our and privacy continue to be respected during this difficult time for both of us".

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Ellyse Perry and rugby superstar Matt Toomua h anunced ir relationship in 2013 when y appeared at John Eales Medal Awards night. y got engd in 2014 before getting hitched a year later. former Ellyse Perry husband plays for Melbourne Rebels in Australia's Super Rugby competition while representing Wallabies (Australia's national rugby team) 35 times since 2013.  On or hand, Ellyse Perry has featured for Australia in 8 Tests, 112 ODIs and 120 T20Is where she has scored over 4,800 runs and picked up 297 wickets.

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As soon as  Ellyse Perry divorce news started doing rounds on social media, netizens started trolling India cricketer Murali Vijay. Earlier this year, Murali Vijay h called Ellyse Perry “beautiful” and also expressed his desire to have dinner with Australian all-rounder. In response, Perry h also ackwledged Murali Vijay's dinner request. She went on to say that it was very kind of Murali Vijay and that she is flattered. Meanwhile, Perry also joked saying that she hopes Murali Vijay is paying for dinner. Let's take a look at how Twitterati poked fun at Murali Vijay.

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IM COURTESY: ELLYSE PERRY & MURALI VIJAY INSTAGRAM

11:25 IST, July 27th 2020