Ajinkya Rah💧ane, Team India vice-captain in Test cricket, became a father on Saturday after his🍎 wife Radhika Dhopavkar gave birth to a baby girl. He woke up to the heartwarming news in Visakhapatnam wherein he is playing the first Test of the three-match series against South Africa.
The 31-year-old Mumbaikar married his childhood friend Radhika in 2014. The two had met first in school and remained friends for quite some time before their parent🔜s met and arranged the marriage ceremony.
Rahane’s former India teammate Harbhajan Singh took to social media to congratulate the new father.
“Congratulations new daddy in town @ajinkyarahane88 hope Mum and lil princess ?? are doing well.. fun part of life starts now ajju. #fatherhood,” Harbhajan wrote on Twitter.
꧒Congratulations new daddy in town hope Mum and lil ℱprincess 👸 are doing well.. fun part of life starts now ajju.
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Notably, Rahane is the latest Indian cricketer who has become a father of a baby girl๊. The likes of MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan himself, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma are among the few who have a girl child.
Ajinkya has been one of the mainstays of the Indian Test team and made a spectacular comeback to form during the last month’s tour to the West Indies, where he smashed a hundred and two half-centuries in four innings.
The right-hander will have a major role to play in the ongoꦜing game as well, as India aims to set a competitive target for the Proteas.
