Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and his wife Dhanashree Verma opened up about how their love developed from the cricketer asking her about dance lessons during the Covid Lockdown and how they got to know each other to eventually deciding to tie the knot.
During the interview, Dhanashree even revealed that she didn't even know that Chahal was an Indian cricketer when the two met for the first time. Chahal revealed that he had first sent a message to Dhanashree as he wanted to learn dance.
"I Had DMd her, having seen her dance on TikTok and a number of other reels. I asked her if gives classes as I had nothing to do in Lockdown. I wanted to learn something new. Once I messaged her, we started with online classes. First two months, we didn't talk about anything else but dance. I didn't flirt at all. We are not even friends, only had dance-related talks," Chahal said on the Ranveer Show.
He further added that he was impressed by Dhanashree’s liveliness despite the trying times of the lockdown and got positive vibes from her.
"I asked her how are you so happy, even during this phase of lockdown. Then she started to talk about her life. That is where our conversations started. I liked her vibes. She is a self-made woman like I am a self-made man. I told my mom about her, that I like this girl.
Then I told her (Dhanashree) I don't want to date you, I want to marry you. I said that straight away. I was sure. We had a lot of chats," he revealed.
On the other hand, Dhanashree revealed that she was impressed about Chahal being a really passionate student who would work hard on whatever homework was given to him. She revealed that it was Chahal's decency and directness is that impressed her.
"I've always liked people who are passionate about their passion. I used to watch cricket for a long time but when I stopped watching cricket, he made his India debut. I think, that is a really good thing. When he messaged me that he wanted to take dance classes, I had no clue who Yuzi Chahal was. He was very sincere about dance and I liked it.
Whenever I would give him homework, he would practice too. He used to send videos, asking where he can do good. This is why the classes lasted for 2 months. Decency is what I loved about him. The way, as a student who he was with him, as a friend who he was with me, and the direct approach, no one does that," she said.
Further Dhanashree said that as Chahal approached her directly, left a big impression on her.
"It's easy for everyone to explore options, meet more people socially. He was straight up like I want to marry you. I never had the pressure of getting married. I was very happy with my life, everything was good," she said.
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