'Will You Let Me Sleep': Shikhar Dhawan Reveals Rohit Sharma's Reaction After 'Smuggling' Woman Into Hotel Room

Former Team India opener Shikhar Dhawan has made a shocking revelation about 'Smuggling' a women to the hotel room he shared with Rohit Sharma. He made the revelation in his book titled 'The One: Cricket, My Life and More'. Dhawan revealed that he took the step after developing a strong feeling for a girl.

Shikhar Dhawan, while explaining Rohit Sharma's reaction to the incident, revealed that it became the talk during the Australia tour. According to the Sportstar, the excerpt read, "My plan to meet up with this Englishwoman started taking shape, and we started partying regularly during that tour. 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.’ After every game, I would go over to meet up with Ellen, 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?’(Mujhe Sone Dega',".

Dhawan, then, said that the news of him having a girlfriend in Australia spread like wildfire within the team after the selector spotted them in the lobby of a hotel. He wrote, "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,"

Shikhar Dhawan's international career

Shikhar Dhawan represented India in 167 ODIs, 68 T20Is and 34 Tests. He found success in the 50-over format as he registered 6793 runs at an average of 44.11.

In the ICC tournaments, he brought out his A Game during the 2013 and 2017 Champions Trophy. He even began the 2019 ODI World Cup well, but following the match against Australia, he was ruled out of the tournament.