Emotional Shikhar Dhawan opens up about his viral post for son Zoravar

Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan opened up about his emotional note for his son Zoravar on his birthday.

During a podcast with Humans of Bombay, he said, '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 were sad while thinking about him that negative energy will get him.'

'I never realized that this post would go viral. I just wrote it from my heart. I wrote it with the hope that in an era of technology, my son might end up reading my post.'

'Wherever he is, I hope he is happy hopefully one day he will come and see 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 every day, I don't know whether he is receiving those or not, whether he is reading them 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 said.

'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.

A few days ago, Dhawan wished his son on his birthday with a picture and message on social media. Gabbar wrote, '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.'

In October this year, a Delhi court granted divorce to Shikhar Dhawan on grounds of "cruelty" inflicted on him by his estranged wife Aesha Dhawan.

The court also granted mandatory visitation rights to Dhawan to meet his son in India and Australia.