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Rohit Sharma took to Instagram on Saturday to confirm becoming a father for the second time.
Rohit Sharma confirms birth of his second child
Indian captain Rohit Sharma confirmed the birth of his second child on Saturday via Instagram post. Earlier on Friday, it was learned that the Indian captain and his wife, Ritika Sajdeh, have been blessed with a baby boy. Rohit’s latest social media post confirmed the date of birth of the newest member of his family.
Rohit shared a heartwarming post on Instagram that read, “F.A.M.I.L.Y the one where we are four,” with his wife Ritika tagged on it.
The caption read, “15.11.2024.”
With less than a week left for the first Test, it is not clear if Rohit, after just a couple of practice sessions, will play the match even if he decides to travel to Australia at the earliest, but nothing can be ruled out as of now.
There were doubts about Rohit’s participation in the first Test although head coach Gautam Gambhir was quite hopeful that the captain might just be available. The Indian team currently needs its skipper and opening batter as the top order is looking way too brittle.
While Rohit hasn’t exactly been in the best of form but he would still any day be better than Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has looked out of depth against bounce and seam movement, while KL Rahul has sustained an elbow injury which is, though, believed to be not so serious in nature.
Meanwhile, India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav congratulated Rohit on the arrival of his baby.
“Many, many congratulations to him and his family. It’s the best news on a perfect day,” he said after India’s T20I series triumph against South Africa in Johannesburg on Friday.
“A guy from the family (Tilak Varma from Mumbai Indians) has also scored runs (120 not out off 47 balls). It’s a good thing. I wish him (Rohit) all the best for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy also,” he said.
(With Agency Inputs)
