Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik have been blessed with a baby boy. Congratulatory messages pour for #BabyMirzaMalik. This news is confirmed by Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik via a tweet as he wrote, “Excited to announce: Its a boy, and my girl is doing great and keeping strong as usual #Alhumdulilah. Thank you for the wishes and Duas, we are humbled #BabyMirzaMalik.”
Farah Khan also broke the news on her Instagram, “Finally!! Best news in a long time!! Congratulations @mirzasaniar@realshoaibmalik @anammirzaaa@imranmirza58 n of course the nani n daadi God bless our lil angel”
Ameem Haq, the manager and agent of Shoaib Malik tweeted that the Pakistani cricketer was “over the moon” to welcome their first baby. He wrote, “#BabyMirzaMalik boy is here! Baby and mother are all smiles, the dad is over the moon.”
India tennis star Sania Mirza is currently on a break but she was very active on social media sharing pictures through different stages of pregnancy.
Sania Mirza even did a photoshoot with the baby bump, showcasing how much she is enjoying the pregnancy period. She is planning to make her comeback to the tennis court for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Sania Mirza has won 6 Grand Slam titles in her career. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the WTA as India’s No. 1 player in both the categories.
Earlier Sania Mirza had revealed that the baby would have the names of both the mother and father, contrary to the tradition of the child carrying the father’s surname.
It is known news that Sania Mirza herself was against changing her surname after marriage and still carries the name of her father Mirza.
The couple, Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik got married in 2010 and they had confirmed the pregnancy news in April this year.