Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik welcomed their bundle of joy Baby Mirza Malik on 30th October in India and named him Izhaan. Today, the new mommy Sania Mirza was papped leaving the hospital with the newborn, wearing a long checkered maxi dress. Paparazzi clicked the first look of Sania with her baby at Rainbow Children’s Hospital and Birthright by Rainbow at Hyderabad’s Banjara Hills locality. While Izhaan was wrapped in yellow blanket carefully tucked in mommy’s arms.

Have a look at the pictures here while we wait for the first sight of the child…

For the uninitiated, Sania and Shoaib’s baby boy will have an Indian citizenship as he was born here only. Sania’s very close friend Farah Khan Kunder was one of the first to share her happiness. Izhaan means God’s Gift in Arabic.

The new father shared his excitement through an Instagram post where he wrote, “Excited to announce: Its a boy, and my girl is doing great and keeping strong as usual Alhumdulilah. Thank you for the wishes and Duas, we are humbled BabyMirzaMalik”.

Have a look…

The couple announced their pregnancy in May 2018 and since then the Indian Tennis Player has taken a maternity leave but will soon come back on the ground for the Tokyo Olympics. Sania said, “The 2020 Olympics is a long way off. I’ve said this many times that as tennis players, we wish we knew what our lives brought us tomorrow. Having said that though, it definitely looks very doable right now. But one has to wait and watch where life really takes you. Most definitely, I would say coming back to playing is a priority as soon as the pregnancy is done.”

In a recent interview, Sania shared an important message as a mother-to-be, she said, “I think as an expectant mother the most important message that I want to give not just to my child but to every child is that you have to follow your dreams whatever they are even if they are out of the box or out of the ordinary, you have to believe in yourself.”

Published by Soniya Kaur on 03 Nov 2018