India's Test and ODI skipper, Rohit Sharma has officially announced the birth of his second child on Saturday, 16th November, 2024. Rohit and Ritika have been blessed with a baby boy on 15th November, 2024. The Instagram post has now gone viral on social media, where the 37-year-old has captioned inside with a graphic 'The One Where We Are Four''.

In 2018, Rohit Sharma embraced fatherhood for the first time with the birth of his daughter, Samaira, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. As he navigates these joyous personal milestones, questions linger about his availability for the opening Test against Australia, scheduled to begin on November 22 at Perth Stadium.On 3rd November, 2024, Rohit Sharma said that he would be missing the 1st Test in Perth of the BGT due to 'personal reasons'. Now, we know the real reason behind it.The Indian T20I team had just wrapped up a commanding 3-1 series win against the Proteas and shortly after the emphatic 135-run victory, captain Suryakumar Yadav, along with centurions Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma, sent their congratulations to the couple all the way from Johannesburg."I think we'll have to arrange little pads and bats because a new cricketer has just arrived," SKY said in the video uploaded by BCCI."Very happy, Rohit bhai. We were waiting for this moment. I would have reached there if this had gotten late by a day or two. I am coming soon, and we are very excited'', Tilak sent his best wishes. "Very happy for chetta and his family. Super happy'', Samson added.Speaking of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar trophy, India have clinched the last 4 editions of the competition. The Australians last won the series way back in the 2014-15 edition. This would be the first meeting between the two sides in Test cricket after Australia defeated the Rohit Sharma-led side in the final of the World Test Championship 2023.