Going by the rather rampant Bollywood rumor-mills, one of the most-happening couples - film actress and international icon Shilpa Shetty and her multi-millionaire beau Raj Kundra - is expected to tie the knot early next year.

Both Shilpa and Raj are the co-owners of IPL's Rajasthan Royals team, and are currently in South Africa for the IPL tournament. Though their team has failed to make an initial mark in the ongoing Twenty20 cricket tournament, and managing to get only one point in the second rain-washed match, the two have other reasons to cheer about - their mothers had all the time in the world to spend together, and decide a wedding date for the couple!

Reportedly, Shilpa herself sparked the impending wedding rumours, saying that the result of the rain-drowned match, between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians, was the welcome chat about her future with Kundra by her mother and to be mother-in-law!

After the 'quality' time the two mums spent in each other's company, with Shilpa and Raj off to Durban, and the subsequent outcome of their 'meeting' is more than a reason for Shilpa to be all smiles, no matter what the result of the tournament be!