Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan has opened up on his emotional social media post for son Zoravar last month, saying that he shared it with the hope that the latter might end up reading it.
On December 26, 2023, Zoravar turned nine and the southpaw penned down a heartfelt note on his son’s birthday.
“I was not in pain. I was just expressing my thoughts. It has been five months, since I have spoken to him, I was just expressing emotions. I am an emotional guy and I was just trying to send love to him, because If I will be sad while thinking about him that negative energy will got him,” Dhawan said on a podcast with Humans of Bombay.
“I never realized that this post will go viral. I just wrote it from my heart. I wrote it with a hope that in an era of technology my son might end up reading my post,” he added.
“Wherever he is, I hope he is happy hopefully one day he would come and seem me. I am in love with him but at the same time I am also detached. I don’t want to push him.
“I write messages to him everyday, I don’t know whether he is receiving those or not, whether he is reading it or not. I don’t have any expectations. I have accepted it. I am a father and I am trying to do my duty. I miss him. I feel sad but I have learnt to live with it,” he further stated.
Dhawan also revealed that he used to travel to Australia to meet his son after being separated from his wife Aesha Mukerji.
“When I used to go and meet him, he was allowed to meet only twice that too only for two to three hours. I want my son to be around me. I want to hug him,” he said.
In a moving post shared on Instagram last month, Shikhar Dhawan claimed that he has been blocked everywhere and can’t connect with his son.
“It’s been a year since I saw you in person, and now, for almost three months, I’ve been blocked from everywhere so Posting the same picture to wish you, my boy, a very Happy Birthday,” Dhawan wrote on Instagram.
“Even if I can’t connect with you directly, I connect with you through Telepathy. I am so proud of you, and I know you’re doing great and growing up nicely.
“Papa always misses you and loves you. He’s always positive, waiting with a smile for the time when we will meet again by the Grace of God. Be naughty but not destructive, be a giver, be humble, compassionate, patient, and strong.
“Despite not seeing you, I write you messages almost every day, asking about your well-being and daily life, sharing what I’m doing and what’s new in my life. Love you loads Zora, Papa.”
Shikhar Dhawan has represented India in 34 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20Is so far, scoring a total of 10,867 runs across formats with 24 hundreds to his name.
