Arshdeep Singh and Samreen Kaur are engaged: inside the New Zealand proposal
India pacer Arshdeep Singh and actor-model Samreen Kaur announced their engagement with proposal photos from New Zealand, hours after his IPL trade to Mumbai Indians was confirmed.
Picture a quiet stretch of New Zealand coast, a cricketer on one knee and a ring that clearly cost more thought than any yorker. That is how India pacer Arshdeep Singh and actor-model Samreen Kaur told the world they are engaged: with proposal photos on Instagram on 11 November 2026, while he was in New Zealand with India's ODI squad. Samreen signed off her post with the date and a simple "hi fiancé" – and if you are planning your own big question, take notes.
From "My Person" to a ring in four months
The couple did not keep fans guessing for long. Arshdeep went public on 26 July 2026 with two photos of Samreen captioned "My Person". Before that, she had been spotted cheering for Punjab Kings during the IPL, and pictures of the two in Dharamshala had already set tongues wagging. Neither has said when they first met.
The tour gave us one more clue. After his wickets in the first ODI in Auckland, Arshdeep explained a little dance celebration by saying it was for his girlfriend – the steps they do when they go out walking. A week or so later, the girlfriend became a fiancée.
The tip: going public before going down on one knee is not a bad order of things. It gives both families and both sets of friends time to get used to the idea, and nobody hears the big news from a comment section.
Who is Samreen Kaur?
If the name rings a bell but you cannot place it, here is the short version. Samreen Kaur is an actor, model and social-media personality from Jammu and Kashmir, and she was a finalist at Femina Miss India 2018, representing her state. On screen, she has appeared in Kabir Khan's cricket film '83, the ZEE5 legal thriller Nail Polish and the Punjabi film Sardaar Ji 2. Music fans will know her from videos with Guru Randhawa, Badshah and Jubin Nautiyal.
So yes, the cricketer's fiancée has already been in a film about India's 1983 World Cup win. Some things you simply cannot script.
A big week, on and off the field
The timing made it even sweeter. Only hours before the engagement news, the IPL's headline trade was confirmed: Arshdeep moves from Punjab Kings, the team he has played for since his IPL debut in 2019, to Mumbai Indians in exchange for Hardik Pandya, ahead of IPL 2027. New team, new ring, new chapter – all in one day.
The tip: if your own life is throwing several big changes at you at once, you do not have to save the happy news for a quieter week. Sometimes the busy week is exactly when it lands best.
What next for the couple?
For now, there is no wedding date. Neither Arshdeep nor Samreen has shared plans for the ceremony, the venue or the timing, and with an ODI series on and a new IPL season with Mumbai to prepare for, the cricket calendar may have its own opinion. When a date is announced, expect the guest list to be watched as closely as any team sheet.
What the couple have shared says a lot already. The proposal was by the sea, and the first anyone heard of it was from the two of them, in their own words. In a season when celebrity relationships are often announced by "sources", that is refreshingly old-school.
The FHM take
We like this one. A private proposal, a public announcement on their own terms, and no drawn-out guessing game – that is how it should be done. Arshdeep has spent years making batters nervous in the final overs; on this evidence, he plans his off-field moments just as carefully. Our only advice to the rest of you: if you are proposing this wedding season, pick the place that means something to the two of you, keep your phone in your pocket until she says yes, and let her post first.
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