Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik were blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday. Sania delivered the child on Tuesday morning in Hyderabad and both mother and child were well. "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 wrote.

Congratulatory messages are pouring in for Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik as the cricketer announced the arrival of their baby boy. He wrote that Sania was doing fine and thanked everyone for the love and wishes. They had announced that Sania was expecting around the same time when Shahid Kapoor - Mira Rajput and Neil Nitin Mukesh - Rukmini Sahay broke the news. Best wishes are pouring in for the new parents and filmmaker Farah Khan Kunder was amongst the first to congratulate the news parents. They got married in 2010 and this is their first child. he 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"

Shoaib Malik's manager and agent, Ameem Haq, tweeted that the Pakistani cricketer was "over the moon" to welcome their first child.

#BabyMirzaMalik boy is here! Baby and mother are all smiles, the dad is over the moon.

We can see the joy the arrival of the little one has brought for many. Sania who was on a break is expected to resume training soon for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.