Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma blessed with baby boy ‘Akaay’, share news on social media

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma on Tuesday announced that they have become parents to a baby boy. The child who is named Akaay was born on February 15, the couple announced on their respective Instagram handles.

“With abundant happiness and our hearts full of love, we are pleased to inform everyone that on February 15th, we welcomed our baby boy Akaay and Vamika’s little brother into this world,” both Kohli and Anushka wrote.

Earlier this month, Kohli’s long-time Roya Challengers Bangalore teammate AB de Villiers had shared on his YouTube channel that the couple was expecting their second child. De Villers shared excerpts from the texts which he and Kohli had exchanged.

 

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“So I wrote to him ‘Been wanting to check in with you (sic) for a while now biscuits. How are you?’. He said ‘Just need to be with my family right now. I am doing well.’. Yes, his second child is on the way.”

But later, in an interview with Dainik Bhaskar, de Villiers would conceded, “I made a terrible mistake at the same time, sharing false information, which was not true at all. I think whatever’s best for Virat’s family comes first. No one knows what’s happening there, all I can do is wish him well.”

Last month, as India announced their squad for the first two of five Tests against England, the BCCI had stated in a press release that Kohli will miss the matches in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam ‘citing personal reasons’.

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With anticipation around his comeback later in the series, the Indian cricket board stated ahead of the Rajkot Test that the former India captain had pulled out of the remainder of the series.

“Virat Kohli will remain unavailable for selection for the remainder of the series due to personal reasons. The Board fully respects and supports Mr. Kohli’s decision,” the BCCI stated.

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