Harbhajan Singh talks about Shikhar Dhawan's shabby condition while dating ex-wife: 'Kya haal bana liya tha'

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Talking about Shikhar Dhawan's dating days with his ex-wife Ayesha Mukherjee, former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh revealed that the star opener would not take of himself and video chat with her for almost 18 hours a day.

Harbhajan, who came as a guest on JioCinema's series 'Dhawan Karenge with Shikhar Dhawan', said that during one of India's tour of West Indies in 2011, the Delhi-born cricketer left him surprised with his unkempt and shabby look.

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"We were in West Indies. I saw a guy coming, slim and in a shabby condition. He was wearing a Kurta Pajama. When he came close I realised it was Shikhar Dhawan. Ye Majnu bana hua tha (He had become a Romeo)," Harbhajan Singh said on JioCinema series 'Dhawan Karenge With Shikhar Dhawan'.

"We had named him Jatt@skype. He was video chatting 18 out of 24 hours - 'Hi honey, bye honey. Kya haal bana liya tha yaar'. What had you made of yourself. 'Kurta Pajama me naada lamba kar'. I was shocked," he added.

Host Shikhar Dhawan kept on laughing as Harbhajan Singh narrated the anecdote in an animated fashion before quipping, "When I turned into a lover, I gave my heart and soul."

Shikhar Dhawan single again after divorce with Ayesha Mukherjee

The out-of-favour India opener got divorced to Ayesha Mukherjee after 11 years of marriage in October 2023 on grounds of mental cruelty. The couple have a son named Zoravar together.

"There is no dispute that both parties had agreed to take divorce by mutual consent and that their marriage is otherwise dead long ago and have not been living as husband and wife since August 8, 2020," Judge Harish Kumar had said in his verdict.

Ayesha Mukherjee, who had two daughters from her previous marriage in Australia, had promised Dhawan to settle in India after getting into the wedlock. However, refrained from doing so later, and also kept Dhawan's only son away from him for years. Mukherjee also made Dhawan purchase three properties in Australia.

Although the family court did not pass any order on permanent custody of the couple's son, it granted visitation rights to 38-year-old Shikhar Dhawan to meet his son for appropriate duration in India and Australia, and also to chat with him over video call.