The 22-year-old Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza was formally engaged to Hyderabadi businessman Mohammed Sohrab Mirza on Friday.

In an exclusive, by-invitation only function at a The Taj Krishna hotel at hyderabad, the evening’s celebrations were kicked off with a ceremonial exchange of rings.

Sania had picked the colours for the occasion — emerald green and gold — much in advance.

Sania was dressed in a dazzlingShantanu & Nikhil, Swarovski-studded ghagra, snugly fit at the hips and gaining in flare around the ankles.

‘‘We’ve had this choker in our family for 75 years, emerald set in dull gold. It is my mother’s. Before her, it was my dadi’s and I wanted to wear it,’’ Sania said

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