Ajinkya Rahane Becomes Father, Blessed With A Baby Girl

Rahane is now the latest Indian cricketer who has become a father to a baby girl. The likes of Dhoni, Harbhajan, Raina, Rohit and Hanuma Vihari are among the few who have a girl child

While the Indian Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is busy with his national duties, he was blessed with a baby girl on Saturday. The 31-year-old is currently in Visakhapatnam with Team India participating in the first Test of the three-match series against South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Stadium. Rahane married his childhood friend Radhika in 2014. In July this year, the couple had revealed the news of pregnancy as they both shared a few pictures on Instagram of Radhika flaunting her baby bump. Rahane's former India teammate Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to break the news as he congratulated Rahane and his family for the arrival of the new member. “Congratulations new daddy in town Ajinkya Rahane. Hope mum and little princess are doing well...fun part of life starts now #fatherhood,” said Singh.

Congratulations new daddy in town @ajinkyarahane88 hope Mum and lil princess 👸 are doing well.. fun part of life starts now ajju. #fatherhood

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 5, 2019

Rahane is now the latest Indian cricketer who has become a father to a baby girl. The likes of MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh himself, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Hanuma Vihari are among the few who have a girl child. Rahane may have had missed the World Cup berth, his return to form has come at the right time as India are hoping to dominate the inaugural edition of World Test Championships. He has represented India in 58 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is so far.