Virat Anushka baby news: 'Congratulations Captain' trends after major announcement

On Monday, India Cricket Team captain Virat Kohli took to social media to reveal that his wife Anushka Sharma gave birth to a baby girl. 32-year-old revealed that his daughter and Anushka are both healthy and doing well before signing off with a request for privacy. Congratulations for Virat and Anushka poured in from all corners of world including several of Indian Cricket Team stars. 

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Virat Anushka baby news: Indian team captain makes big anuncement on social media

New Year has begun on a cheerful te for Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli as y embraced parenthood on Monday. Team India skipper took to social media to reveal big news as he wrote, "We are thrilled to share with you that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afteron. We thank you all for your love, prayers and good wishes." He ded that his wife and newly-born daughter are healthy, writing, "Anushka and baby are both healthy and we are feeling beyond blessed to start this new chapter of our lives. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time.”

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Virat and Anushka tied kt in 2017 at a countryside resort in Italian town of Tuscany. It was in August 2020 when couple anunced that y are expecting ir first child in January 2021. At time, couple, on ir respective social media accounts, anunced that y were expecting a baby with caption "And n we were three! Arriving Jan 2021."

Kohli was granted paternity leave by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He flew back home from India's ongoing tour of Australia towards end of December after playing first of a four-match Test series. In his absence, Indian team is being led by Ajinkya Rahane.

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Virat Kohli baby news: Fans send wishes to Virat and Anushka

Along with millions of fans, several Indian cricketers featured in list of wellwishers. This included Yuzvendra Chahal, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yav and Hardik Pandya were quick to send in ir wishes to couple after Kohli anunced news. Virat's anuncement came only a few hours after India fought bravely to salv a draw in ir third Test against Australia. 

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