Kane Williamson welcomed a child girl into his family members on Wednesday.© Instagram
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson took to social media on Wednesday to announce the arrival of a child girl in his family members. Williamson shared a image of himself holding his new-born on Instagram. “Overjoyed to welcome a beautiful baby girl into our family,” the New Zealand skipper captioned the post. Soon immediately after Williamson shared the news, former and existing cricketers flooded the comments section with congratulatory messages.
India captain Virat Kohli, who himself is set to come to be a father, lead the wishes from cricket fraternity.
“Congratulations to the both of you for this blessing in your lives. Lots of love from us to you,” Kohli wrote.
Williamson’s Indian Premier League teammates Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner and Rashid Khan also congratulated the 30-year-old batsman.
Former India cricketers Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina as well congratulated Williamson.
Williamson had opted out of the second Test against the West Indies final week to be with his wife in Tauranga.
The prolific prime-order batsman had scored a double-century in the initial Test against the West Indies. Williamson had scored 251 runs to support his side safe a comfy win by an innings and 134 runs.
In the second Test, Tom Latham took more than the leadership part in the absence of Williamson and led the hosts to one more massive win that helped them sweep the two-match series, 2-.
Williamson will subsequent be observed in the upcoming T20I series against Pakistan. He will miss the initial T20I, but will return for the final two matches.