Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have disclosed that on February 15, they welcomed a baby boy into their family. They have named him Akaay. “With abundant happiness and hearts full of love, we are pleased to inform everyone that on February 15th, we welcomed our baby boy Akaay and Vamika’s little brother into this world,” the couple’s identical social media posts stated. “In this wonderful moment of our lives, we ask for your blessings and well wishes. At this moment, we kindly ask that you respect our privacy. Virat and Anushka, with love and gratitude.”

The instagram post by Virat Kohli garnered over five million likes in just over n hour.    
Friends immediately flooded the Anushka post’s comments thread with messages. Alia Bhatt wrote, “How beautiful, congratulations.” Hearts and evil eyes were left by Ranveer Singh. “Congratulations” was written by Shweta Bachchan.

Amidst speculations that he and Anushka Sharma were expecting their second child, Virat Kohli took a recent leave of absence and did not play in India’s Test series against England. The couple did not disclose their pregnancy, but cricketer AB de Villiers hinted at an impending birth before taking back his comments. Industrialist Harsh Goenka also posted on X a few days ago, announcing the impending birth of a new child. “Like the greatest cricket father, I hope the baby takes India to new heights. Or will it become a movie star and follow the mother? #BornInLondon #MadeInIndia.”