• Jacques Kallis and Charlene Engels got blessed with a baby girl.

  • Kallis and Charlene first became parents in 2020.

Jacques Kallis and wife Charlene Engels become parents for the second time; share pictures and name of the baby
Jacques Kallis and Charlene Engels (Image Source: Twitter)

South Africa veteran Jacques Kallis became a father for the second time after his wife Charlene Engels gave birth to a baby girl on April 19, 2023. Notably, Kallis and Charlene got married in 2019 and became proud parent♓s 🎐for the first time in 2020. The first-born child of the couple was a boy who they named Joshua Henry Kallis.

Kallis took to Twitter to announce the arrival of his baby girl and even 🍸shared pictures of the newborn. He also revealed the name of the baby in his post, writing about the well-being of his wife and the child💝.

“Introducing our beautiful baby girl, Chloé Grace Kallis, born this morning at 08:37. Our tiny little princess weighing in at 2.88kg already got Daddy wrapped around her little finger. Mom & baby doing well and Joshy is loving his little sister. Our hearts are exploding!”  tweeted the former Proteas all-rounder.

India’s veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh was also among many to congratulate Kallis after the news. Yuvraj addressed the South African great as ‘sir’ and commented “Congratulations sir jacq !!” on Kallis’ post.

The 47-year-old South African is considered one of the greatest all-rounders of all time and is the only player to have achieved the combination of 10,000 runs, 250 wickets and 100 catches in both Tests and ODIs. He featured in 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 T20Is for his nation and has also worked as a coach and batting 🐷consultant for various teams after his retirement.

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