Almost a month after Team India’s star cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal broke his silence over his divorce, now his ex-wife and famous dancer-actor Dhanashree Verma has also spoken openly about it. In a recent podcast, Dhanashree shared her pain and mental struggle and told how the breakup affected her. During this, she also mentioned the last hearing in the court, where she took a dig at the ‘Be your own sugar daddy’ T-shirt worn by Chahal.
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Speaking to Humans Of Bombay, Dhanashree said, “I still remember when I was standing there and the verdict was about to be given. Even though we were so well-prepared mentally, I got so emotional. I started howling in front of everybody. I couldn’t even express what I was feeling at that point. I just remember that I just kept crying, I was just howling and crying. Of course! All of that happened, and he (Chahal) walked out first.”
Chahal took the media opportunity by wearing a t-shirt which said ‘be Your Own Sugar Daddy’ on the day of hsi final divorce hearing. Discussing the viral moment, Dhanashree said Yuzvendra could have taken a private approach instead of the public spectacle of making of their divorce. “You know that people are going to blame you. Before I had even known that this T-shirt stunt had happened, we were all aware that people were going to blame me for this,” Dhanashree said.
Dhanashree expressed her utter shock by saying, “Are bhai, WhatsApp kar deta. t-shirt kyun pehna hai? (You should have sent it on WhatsApp. Why wear the t-shirt?)” Dhanashree’s response follows Yuzvendra’s remarks days earlier about how he didn’t cheat on his ex-wife while addressing the ongoing drama on Raj Shamani’s podcast show.
“It was going on for a long while. We decided we do not want to show the people. Who knew if it did not happen. Maybe, it will become a different scenario. We were like until we reached to a point of end, we are not going to say anything. We will be like a normal couple on social media,” Chahal said.
“When I was going through the divorce thing, people labelled me as a cheater. I have never cheated. You will not get a more loyal person than me. For my loved ones, I think from my heart. I have never asked, just given. When you don’t know, you are writing. I have two sisters, I know how to respect girls. Just because you are seen with someone, you will link up with someone and write for views. The problem is if you react once, they will be more people who will come knowing you will react,” he added.
Yuzvendra Chahal And Dhanashree’s Divorce
Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma, a much poster couple for cricketers got married in December 2020 at Gurgaon and quickly became popular on social media.
In February of 2025, they were spotted outside the Bandra Family Court filing for divorce by mutual consent. They also applied for a waiver on the six months cooling-off period but the court did not grant that.
After living separately for 18 months, they finally parted ways as of March 20th, 2025. As per reports, Yuzvendra Chahal paid ₹4.75 crore as settlement / mutually agreed alimony to Dhanashree Verma. On the other hand, RJ Mahvash and Yuzvendra Chahal have been spotted off lately and have been keeping their relationship rumors alive.
