Actress Anushka Sharma and cricketer Virat Kohli welcomed a baby girl on the 11th of January. Virat Kohli announced the happy news on Twitter and stated that both Anushka Sharma and the baby are doing well and that the family would like some privacy.

“We are thrilled to share with you that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon. We thank you all for your love, prayers and good wishes. Anushka and the 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,” Virat Kohli wrote.

Also Read: Anushka Sharma Slams Photographers For Invading Her Privacy

Their wedding and announcement

The couple got married in 2017 in a hush-hush manner but the news hit the Indian media like a turbo bolt with videos and images from the wedding going viral almost instantly. On August of 2020, Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli announced that they were going to have a baby.

“And then we were three! Arriving Jan 2021,” both of them wrote while sharing a happy picture on their respective social media accounts. The power couple were flooded with congratulatory messages from celebrity friends like Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sania Mirza, Kiara Advani and Parineeti Chopra.

The Sharma-Kohli family was also thrilled with the news. Kohli’s brother Vikash Kohli posted a video on Instagram to welcome the baby girl into their family.

Kohli’s sister Bhawna Kohli also took to social media to state how happy she was at becoming an aunt.

Related news

In other news, actress Janhvi Kapoor recently shared a video of herself belly dancing to San Sanana, the iconic song from Asoka starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan.

“Missing post burrito belly dance sessionz,” Janhvi Kapoor captioned the video which she uploaded on Instagram. In the video, the Dhadak actress is wearing a white top and dancing to the song in a studio.

Also Read: Here’s Why People Are Comparing Janhvi Kapoor To Shakira