India, March 19 -- India cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanasree Verma's plea was allowed by the Bombay High Court, which waived the mandatory six-month cooling-off period after a divorce plea is filed. The court also directed the family court to decide their divorce plea by Thursday. The reason behind putting the matter on a fast track was Chahal's IPL commitments.

A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar said Chahal would not be available from March 21 as he has to participate in the upcoming IPL 2025, which starts on March 22.

Chahal and Verma filed a divorce plea in a family court here on February 5 this year. They submitted a petition mutually seeking the waiver of the cooling-off period as their divorce was by m...