Yuzvendra Chahal breaks silence on divorce from Dhanashree said, wanted to end his life

Star spinner of the Indian cricket team, Yuzvendra Chahal, has now made a major revelation about his personal life. For the first time, Chahal candidly spoke about his mindset concerning divorce from his former wife and social media influencer Dhanashree Verma. He revealed that it was a time when he had lost to himself and thoughts of ending his life began to haunt him every moment.

Chahal and Dhanashree were married in December 2020 and both divorced in March 2025. Even after maintaining themselves away from any type of bad news for such a long time, even when the marriage came to the brink of collapse, both still appeared like a regular couple on social media.

Now in a podcast with Raj Shamani, Chahal has talked about this phase of his. He said that both he and Dhanashree were struggling with their respective careers. He believes that two ambitious people can live together, but it requires understanding, which has diminished over time.

Chahal told in this conversation that he and Dhanashree deliberately hid the problems of their relationship from people. He did not want his personal life to become a subject of public debate. He said, 'We decided that until the final decision is taken, we will continue to look like a normal couple. I used to laugh every time, but was broken from inside.'

Chahal had to face deep mental stress during this period. He told that for about 40 days he was able to sleep only for 2 hours and the rest of the time he struggled with mental turmoil. Chahal said, 'Many times I felt that it would be better to end everything. I started thinking of ending myself. But my friends pulled me out of that darkness.'

During the divorce process, many allegations were made against Chahal, especially regarding cheating. On this, Chahal said, 'People called me a cheater, whereas I never broke anyone's heart. I have two sisters and I have always respected women. Just because my name was linked with a woman, it does not mean that I am guilty.'

Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma met through a virtual dance class, where Dhanashree started teaching dance to Chahal. Gradually the friendship between the two deepened and then the relationship turned into love. Both got married in December 2020, but with time the distance between them started increasing. Both got divorced in March 2025.