A family court in Delhi granted divorce to out-of-favour India batter Shikhar Dhawan from his estranged wife Aesha Mukerji on Wednesday, October 4.
Shikhar got the divorce on the grounds of being a victim of mental trauma and suffering. While announcing his verdict, Judge Harish Kumar in the family court in the Patiala House in Delhi acknowledged that the 37-year-old batter endured mental grief after Aesha didn’t let him be with his son Zoravar for years.
In its judgement, the honourable court specified that Aesha either failed to produce plausible evidence in response to the allegations made against her or didn’t challenge any of those. Notably, the court didn’t make a judgement specifying the permanent custody of their son. But has allowed Dhawan to visit him and converse with him over video calls.
Meanwhile, it seems that Shikhar has fallen out of favour as he failed to secure a place in India’s 15-member World Cup squad. The southpaw has a terrific ODI World Cup record but was still sidelined. He has amassed 537 runs in 10 games at the marquee tournament at an impressive average of 53.70. The opening batter has recorded three centuries and a fifty while playing for the country at World Cups and all his contributions have come at a stellar strike rate of 94.21.
The Delhi-born batter has had a prolific run in ODI cricket and aggregated 6793 runs at a good enough average of 44.11, including 17 tons and 39 half-centuries. He last played an ODI fixture for India against Bangladesh in Chattogram in a three-match ODI series in 2022. It was also his last game for India and hasn’t managed to represent the Men in Blue since then. While a certain section of experts argue that it is the end of the road for Dhawan as far as his playing career for India is concerned, the batter has not given up hope.
