romance is in the air after months of are they arent they kl rahul seems to be slowly making his relationship with actress athiya shetty official those following his feed on instagram may have noticed his fun post with his ladylove which also paid tribute to her dad suniel shettys film hera pherithe news might not come as a surprise to those close to the couple as the two have been friends for almost two years now and most of them saw it coming given their compatibility the duo along with their friends had also gone to thailand to bring in the new year interestingly in the beginning many wondered if rahul was dating athiyas friend akansha ranjan it was also believed that she played cupid and got the two together turns out its neither a friend close to the couple revealed akansha and rahul are best friends she didnt set him up with athiya talking about rahul and athiyas equation the source adds they have been friends for a long time both have a crazy sense of humour and most of their buddies had anticipated their friendship transforming into romance the two have been dating for a few months now given their schedules they try to spend as much time with each other as possible we hear athiyas family dad suniel mom mana and brother ahan are extremely fond of rahul and are supportive of her dashing cricketer beau their comments on his posts are testament to the rapport they share in july last year bt had reported about athiya and rahul being in a relationship but the two had kept mum back then in fact the last time august 19 2019 we asked rahul about his relationship status he told bt i have learnt to keep my personal life personal and not make it a thing to talk about i am committed to cricket right now however he didnt pretend to be single either when asked he if was single he had replied i dont really know when i figure that out i will give you a call and tell you rahul now that the news is confirmed we are waiting for that callwatch cricketer kl rahul and rumoured girlfriend athiya shettys party pictures from thailand go viral