Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan expressed his emotions in a written message on his son Zoravar's ninth birthday (December 26), sharing the difficulty of not meeting him for a year.

In a recent podcast with Humans of Bombay, Dhawan discussed the reasons behind sharing the emotional post on his son’s birthday.

“I was not in pain. I was just expressing my thoughts. It has been five months, since I have spoken to him, I was just expressing emotions."

"I am an emotional guy and I was just trying to send love to him, because if I will be sad while thinking about him that negative energy will get him. And I never realized that this post will go viral. I just wrote it from my heart.”

“I wrote it with a hope that in an era of technology my son might end up reading my post. Wherever he is, I hope he is happy hopefully one day he would come and seem me. I am in love with him but at the same time I am also detached. I don't want to push him.” he added.

Zoravar, born on December 26, 2014, is currently living with his mother Ayesha Mukherjee in Australia after Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha got divorced last year.

“I send him messages daily, uncertain whether he receives them or not"- Shikhar Dhawan on his son Zoravar

Shikhar Dhawan acknowledged that he sends daily messages to his son, unsure if they are being read. Despite missing his little one, he expressed acceptance of this reality, stating:

“I write messages to him every day, I don't know whether he is receiving those or not, whether he is reading it or not. I don't have any expectations. I have accepted it. I am a father and I am trying to do my duty."

"I miss him. I feel sad but I have learnt to live with it. When I used to go and meet him, he was allowed to meet only twice that too only for two to three hours. I want my son to be around me. I want to hug him."