India, July 2 -- Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami has been ordered by the Calcutta high court to pay his estranged wife Hasin Jahan an alimony of Rs.4 lakh per month, including maintenance for the couple's daughter.

This is a significant bump from the Rs.1.30 lakh per month ( Rs.50,000 for Jahan and Rs.80,000 for their daughter) he was ordered to pay by a district court in 2023.

Hasin Jahan had originally sought Rs.10 lakh in total, Rs.7 lakh for herself and Rs.3 lakh for her daughter, but the lower court dismissed her request.

In her appeal, Hasin Jahan's legal counsel argued that Mohammad Shami's financial circumstances could support a higher alimony amount. According to his income tax return for the financial year 2021, Shami's annua...