India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara blessed with a girl child

Cheteshwar Pujara. (Reuters)

New Delhi: India and Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, and his wife Pooja were blessed with the birth of a girl. The 30-year-old, left for Rajkot on Thursday evening after helping Saurashtra beat Baroda to qualify for the semifinals of the Vijay Hazare trophy. It is learnt that Pujara will be back in Delhi for the semifinal against Andhra.

Pujara, though broke the news on twitter sharing a picture of his baby and wife. He wrote: Welcome lil one. Excited and super happy for the new roles in our lives. We made a wish and she came true! 

Welcome lil one. Excited and super happy for the new roles in our lives. We made a wish and she came true! pic.twitter.com/109kIw79vW — cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) February 23, 2018

On Thursday, Pujara scored 66-ball 40 against Baroda to help Saurashtra scale the chase on a slow Ferozeshah Kotla track. The Saurashtra skipper will be travelling to Yorkshire in a month's time to play the County Championships.