Shikhar Dhawan officially seperated from wife Ayesha Mukherjee post Court's order

Indian cricket team opener Shikhar Dhawan received a lot of sympathy from his fans after he was snubbed from the Indian team on the basis of his poor form in international cricket. Dhawan was expected to lead the Indian team in the 2022 Asian Games but here as well he was neglected by the selectors. Shikhar led Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League 2023 and scored 373 runs from 11 matches at an average of 41.44. 

3 things you need to know 

• Shikhar Dhawan played his last ODI match against Bangladesh in December 2022
• The Indian selectors were badly trolled on social media for neglecting Shikhar Dhawan in the CWC 2023 squad 
• Shikhar is also fighting a legal battle against his ex-wife Ayesha Mukherjee

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Court grants divorce officially to Shikhar Dhawan 

A family court in New Delhi while issuing an order against Shikhar Dhawan's wife Ayesha Mukherjee granted divorce to the Indian opener and accepted the allegations made by him against his wife in his petition. The official judgement of the court said: 

Since petitioner is a reputed International Cricketer and has been pride of the nation, subject to petitioner approaching the Union Government of India, it is requested to take up the issue of visitation/custody of the minor son with its counterpart in Australia to help him have regular visitation or chatting with his own son or his permanent custody. He (Dhawan) for no fault of his own had been through immense agony and anguish of living separately from his own son for years. Even though the wife denied the allegation, submitting that though she genuinely wanted to live in India with him, however due to her commitment towards her daughters from her previous marriage requiring her to stay in Australia, she could not come to live in India and that he was well aware of her commitment, yet she did not choose to contest the claim. Hence, it stands proved that the wife backtracked from her assurance of setting up matrimonial home in India after marriage and thus made him suffer a long distance marriage and suffer immense agony and anguish of living separately from his own son for years.

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Court yet to make a judgement on custody of Shikhar Dhawan's son

While the court granted divorce to Shikhar Dhawan, it has yet to make a judgment on the custody of his son. However, Dhawan was allowed to meet his son for an appropriate duration, either in India or Australia. He was also allowed to talk to him on chats and video calls.