After 8 years of marital bliss, Grand Slam-winning Indian tennis star, Sania Mirza and former Pakistani cricket captain, Shoaib Malik are all set to embrace parenthood in October 2018. Announcing it in a unique way, the couple posted the same picture on their social media accounts, of a baby vest and a feeding bottle between two T-shirts bearing their names. Captioning the picture, Shoaib and Sania wrote, “#BabyMirzaMalik”.
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Sania Mirza released a statement, which said, “We are soon to become parents. Having thought about it for a while, we both felt right now is the correct time to start a family. When we found out, we were ecstatic and couldn’t wait to give out this news to our fans and well-wishers. We are very excited to enter this new phase of our lives and look forward to our journey as parents.”
As soon as Sania made an announcement of her pregnancy, her Twitter was filled with congratulatory messages.
Among many was the tweet of Sania’s best friend, Farah Khan’s husband, Shirish Kunder, which said, “Wow! Congratulations, @MirzaSania! If it’s a boy, please call him Ghalib. Always wanted to meet Mirza Ghalib #BabyMirzaMalik” To this, Sania reverted, “Haha thanks Shirish.. will definitely that into consideration .. I’ve always wanted to meet him too”
Farah Khan too congratulated her bestie, Sania and tweeted:
“CONGRATULATIONS!! N thank God ul hav announced finally! It was tough keeping this good news a secret for so long”. At the Goa Fest 2018, Sania Mirza expressed that she and Shoaib want to give their child both maternal and paternal surnames, ‘Mirza Malik’. Sania was quoted as saying, “Today I will tell you a secret. My husband and I have spoken about it and we have decided that whenever we have a child, the child will have Mirza Malik as a surname and not just Malik. So that’s where we stand as a family including my husband. He actually wants a daughter.”