Shikhar Dhawan, a former Indian cricketer, revealed a personal story about Rohit Sharma in his latest autobiography. There is a section in the book where the southpaw reflects on the time he surreptitiously brought his fiancée into the hotel room he shared with Rohit during the 2006 India A tour of Australia.
Dhawan said that he met the woman after each game and that he thought they would be lifelong friends.
“She was very beautiful, and suddenly I was in love again! I thought to myself, ‘She is the one for me, and I am going to marry her’. I started with a half-century in a practice game, and my tour was progressing well. After every game, I would go over to meet up with Ellen (not her real name) and I soon started smuggling her into my hotel room which I was sharing with Rohit Sharma. Now and then, he would complain in Hindi, ‘Will you let me sleep?’,” shared Dhawan in his autobiography.
He also described how his involvement with the woman sparked significant outrage inside the group after a national selector on tour noticed the two together.
“One evening, when I headed for dinner with Ellen, news of her presence spread like wildfire throughout the entire squad. A senior national selector, who was on tour with us, spotted us walking in the lobby with our hands linked. It didn’t even occur to me that I should let go of her hand, because to me, we were committing no crime. There was a good chance that if I had performed consistently on that Australia tour, I would have made it to the senior Indian side, but my performance kept dipping.”
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan eventually made his Indian debut in 2010. He went on to play at the top of the order for the country for an impressive twelve years. In 34 Test matches, 167 ODIs, and 68 T20Is, Dhawan played for the Indian squad.
