Producer: Peuli Bakshi
On Tuesday, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma took to Instagram to share the happy news of the birth of their second child, Akaay, on Feb 15, 2024.
Virat Kohli
They welcomed their first born, Vamika, on January 11, 2021, who is now an elder sister of 3 years to baby Akaay.
Virat Kohli
Interestingly, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's children, Sara and Arjun Tendulkar, were born 2 years apart from each other.
Viral Bhayani
That makes one think if the Indian cricket stars are planning on having kids with age gaps of 2 or more years.
Virat Kohli (top), Sachin Tendulkar (bottom)
Just like Sachin, Kohli is also now a father of a boy and a girl. For both of them, their daughters are their first borns.
Virat Kohli
There’s a striking similarity in the naming of Virat and Sachin’s kids. The fathers’ and daughters’ names begin with the same alphabet (Sachin-Sara, Virat-Vamika) and the mother’ and sons’ names begin with the same alphabet (Anjali-Arjun, Anushka-Akaay).
Sachin Tendulkar (left), Anushka Sharma (right)
Vamika and Akaay Kohli are sparking a similar kind of public interest and curiosity that Sara and Arjun Tendulkar did and still do.
Sara Tendulkar fan page
Being born into a family of cricketing royalty, Akaay is already expected to follow his father's footsteps by the netizens, just like Arjun was.
Virat Kohli
However, Arjun navigated through his own interests before finally choosing to pursue cricket. We hope Akaay gets similar liberties.
Sara Tendulkar