A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted divorce to cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on grounds of “cruelty” inflicted on the cricketer by his estranged wife Aesha Dhawan.

Mr Dhawan and Aesha Mukherjee married in 2012 and have a 10-year-old son, Zoraver Dhawan. Both Aesha and Zoraver are Australian citizens. Aesha was previously married and has two daughters with first husband.

Family Court Judge Harish Kumar accepted Mr Dhawan’s accusations against his wife after it stated that she was unable to prove the allegations as false. The judge observed that Mr Dhawan was subjected to mental agony by his wife who forced him into being in a “long distance marriage” by living in Australia and keeping him away from his son for years.

In his petition, Mr Dhawan claimed that his wife has promised to move to India to live with him as he was unable to undertake a similar move to Australia, owing to his career commitments. However, soon after, she backtracked and refused to move as it would force her to give up custody of her two daughters to her ex-husband.