Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik blessed with a baby boy

Indian Tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik were blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday.

“Excited to announce: It’s 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,” Shoaib Malik tweeted.

Shoaib Malik’s manager and agent, Ameem Haq, also tweeted the news, and said that the Pakistani cricketer was over the moon. “#BabyMirzaMalik boy is here! Baby and mother are all smiles, the dad is over the moon.”

Filmmaker Farah Khan congratulated the couple on Instagram. She wrote, “Finally!! Best news in a long time!! Congratulations @mirzasaniar@realshoaibmalik @anammirzaaa@imranmirza58 n of course the nani n daadi God bless our lil angel.”

The couple, who got married in 2010, had confirmed the pregnancy news in April 2018.

Several fellow sports stars took to Twitter later in the day to wish the couple.