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Veteran Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan, who will lead the Punjab Kings in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, shared an intriguing detail about his personal life in a latest interview. The southpaw, who dons several tattoos on his body, revealed going for an HIV test due to the fear of the needle that was used for one of his tattoos.

The Indian batting ace revealed that his family did not approve of his tattoos, and he was also beaten by his father after he got to know about the tattoo. Dhawan admitted that he was scared about the needle that was used to make one of his tattoos, prompting him to go for an HIV test, which turned out to be negative. 

“When I was 14-15 years old, I had gone to Manali and got a tattoo done on my back without informing my family members. I had to hide it for quite some time, about 3-4 months, and then when my father got to know, he beat me. I got a bit scared after doing the tattoo because I had no clue about the number of bodies that needle had pierced. So then I went and did an HIV Test and it’s negative to date (laughs),” Dhawan said on the show ‘Seedhi Baat’ on Aaj Tak.

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