Yuzvendra Chahal, the man who bamboozles batters with googlies, delivered his sharpest spin off the pitch on Thursday. Exiting Mumbai’s Bandra family court after finalizing his divorce to Dhanashree Verma, the cricketer’s T-shirt—emblazoned with “Be Your Own Sugar Daddy”—sent social media into frenzy, hotter than a peppy butter chicken biryani.
The message, cheekier than a Virat Kohli stare, broke the internet faster than a dropped IPL trophy. Hashtags #Chahal and #Dhanashree trended like free liquor at a dry wedding, sparking debates fiercer than a monsoon-season traffic jam. Cricket fans split into factions: Was this a mike drop moment of self-empowerment, or a man subtly roasting his alimony bill? Twitter’s gavel came down swiftly, as it always does.
“First Dhawan, then Pandya, now Chahal. IPL marriages last shorter than Rinku Singh’s patience with dot balls,” observed a fan, noting that modern matrimony now mirrors T20 cricket—explosive starts, mid-innings slumps, and strategic timeouts spent with lawyers.
The internet transformed into a courtroom of armchair economists. “An 18-month-old marriage -- that’s ₹26.4 lakh per month — economy rate worse than Venkatesh Iyer’s bowling!” groaned one user, crunching numbers like Shah Rukh Khan at an IPL auction. Others proposed the BCCI add a “Divorce Clause” to contracts: “Player retains 50% of assets if marriage ends before playoff qualifications.” Memes erupted: Men’s Rights activists labeled alimony “IPL’s hidden auction tax,” while feminists fired back with “Pay up or bowl a maiden over.”
