Who is Sophie Shine, the Girlfriend of Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan is in the limelight after appearing with an Irish girl in a cricket stadium during the Champions Trophy 2025. Many Cricket fans want to know who that beautiful girl is beside Shikhar Dhawan. Well, she is Sophie Shine girlfriend of Shikhar Dhawan.

Want to know who Sophie Shine is, what she does, and how Dhawan and Sophie Shine meet? Read our blog post to know more about Sophie Shine’s biography, age, career, and love story with former cricketer Dhawan.

Who is Sophie Shine?

Sophie Shine is from Ireland and works as a product consultant at Northern Trust Corporation in Abu Dhabi. Her educational background is really good went to Castletroy College from 2005 to 2010 and has a degree in Marketing and Management from Limerick Institute of Technology.

She is staying in Abu Dhabi for work purposes and loves to travel a lot. By seeing her Instagram photos, we can know she loves traveling. Sophie is currently spending most of the time in India because of his love for Shikar Dhawan. Sophie Shine’s age is 32.

Sophie Shine Biography

Name	Sophie Shine
Age	32
Profession	Product Consultant
Works at	Northern Trust Corporation
Hometown	Limerick, Ireland
School	Castletroy College, Limerick, Ireland
College	Limerick Institute of Technology,Ireland
Qualification	Degree in Marketing and Management
Relationship	Boyfriend – Shikar Dhawan (Indian Cricketer)
Height	5’7”
Hair Color	Blonde
Hobbies	Travelling & Fitness

Sophie likes travelling a lot. She has traveled to various locations, such as Dublin, Dubai, Switzerland, India, the Maldives, Muscat, Italy, the Dominican Republic, and New York. In India, she has visited the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.

She also loves working out at the gym and doing Yoga. She also did a workout session with his boyfriend Shikhar.

How Shikhar Dhawan and Sophie Shine’s Relationship Started

Both Dhawan and Sophie were seen in the stands sitting on sofas during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Match of India VS Bangladesh. And then fans started searching for Sophie Shine on Social media, especially on Instagram. 

The India vs. Bangladesh match was on 20 February 2025, and at that time, Sophie Shine had just 6k followers on her Instagram. After getting into the limelight and getting viral reels and photos of cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, she became popular in India as Shikhar Dhawan’s Girlfriend, but at that time, there was no confirmation about their relationship.

After digging into her Instagram account, it came to know that their love story had already started in 2024 during IPL 2024 when Shikhar Dhawan was playing for Punjab Kings. In a photo below, we can see she is wearing a Punjab Kings jersey. 

It seems that they have been in a connection since 2023, they both started following each other on Instagram from June 2023, and Shikar Dhawan also liked her photos on Instagram. 

Sophie and Shikhar first met in Dubai. Slowly, friendship transferred into a relationship, and they both were away from publicity, but after their appearance in the cricket stadium in February 2025, they got attention. 

Officially, Shikar Dhawan Announced About Her Girlfriend

On May 01, 2025, Shikar Dhawan posted a picture with her girlfriend Sophie Shine on Instagram with a caption of “My Love”. (A Heart Symbol). 

Many of his fans wished him and appreciated his move of getting into a relationship after divorce with her first wife, Ayesha Mukherjee, in 2023. 

Sophie Shine and Shikar Dhawand are having a fun moment; they both are making Hindi audio reels and clicking photos of each other and sharing them on Instagram, and those posts are getting lakhs of likes and thousands of love and funny comments.

Sophie Shine’s 32 Birthday Celebrations

Shikar Dhawan’s girlfriend’s age is 32 at present in 2025. Her birthday is on June 02, 1993. Former Cricketer Dhawan and his girlfriend Sophie both shared the picture of enjoying their birthday in the Maldives. 

In photos, we can see that both are having fun on the Maldives beach. 

Shikar Dhawan’s Divorce from Her Ex-Wife Ayesha Mukherjee

Who is Ayesha Mukherjee?

Ayesha was born in West Bengal, India. Australian Nationality-based former kickboxer, a 49-year-old. As per some online sources on the Internet, Shikar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukerjee’s age gap was 10 years. Dhawan was younger than her. 

Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukherjee’s Marriage

Dhawan married Ayesha Mukherjee in 2012. They had both been dating since 2009, and after all the hurdles with family, Dhawan married Ayesha. Ayesha Mukherjee was already married and divorced, with two daughters. Dhawan accepted everything and was happily married to Ayesha. 

Ayesha and Dhawan both had a son, Zoravar Dhawan. Zoravar was born in 2014 after the marriage. Ayesha Mukherjee’s two daughters are named Rhea and Aliyah. They were also staying together like a family. Dhawan used to treat their stepdaughter the same as her daughters.  

Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukherjee’s Divorce

In 2023, Shikar Dhawan and Ayesha separated and got a divorce from Ayesha on the grounds of ‘cruelty’ and ‘mental agony’. Dhawan’s son Zoravar Dhawan is currently staying with his mother Ayesha. 

Shikhar Dhawan Childrens

For the clear clarification, here are the details of Shikhar Dhawan’s Son and daughter’s information:

• Zoravar Dhawan is the son of Shikhar Dhawan with her Ex-wife Ayesha Mukherjee.
• Rhea and Aliyah are the stepdaughters of Shikhar Dhawan, they are daughters of Ayesha Mukherjee with her first husband.

There is not much information about Ayesha Mukherjee’s first husband. The only information is that he was a businessman from Australia and that they were married for 10 years and both had two daughters, Aliyah and Rhea. 

Coming to the topic of Shikhar Dhawan’s Irish girlfriend Sophie Shine, she is very beautiful and young, and the age gap between Shikhar Dhawan and Sophie Shine is 6 years. Sophie is younger than Dhawan. 

They have almost in a relationship for 1 year or more, let’s see when they announce their wedding. 

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