'Baba Loves You': Shoaib Malik Celebrates Son's Birthday, Shares Pictures on Instagram

Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik has shared a few pictures from son’s fifth birthday celebrations on Instagram.

Shoaib has been married to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza since 2010 and the pair were blessed with a boy in 2018 whom they named Izhaan.

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The allrounder uploaded a few pictures posing alongside his son on social media.

Sania could also be seen standing in the background as the pictures were being taken.

The cricketer wrote, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beta…Baba loves you”.

The pictures have drawn reactions from fans who also poured warm wishes for the famous sporting duo’s little one.

While several fans were happy to see the cricketer united with his family one fan was disappointed that Shoaib didn’t post a picture of everyone posing together. He wrote, “No proper family photo?”

Others simply wished Izhaan a happy birthday with comments like, “Happy birthday Izhaan” and “Happy birthday little prince”.

One fan felt that Shoaib should have also been included in the ongoing World Cup in India. He wrote, “Many many happy returns of the day!! Your baba should have represented the @TheRealPCB team in this World Cup”.

A fifth simply wrote, “Happy birthday, little one! May your journey through this duniya be filled with joy, love, and countless blessings aameen”.

The Pakistan cricketer and Indian tennis star have been in the headlines recently with unconfirmed reports of turbulence in their marriage.

Towards the end of last year, several media outlets suggested that a divorce was imminent.

However, nothing was confirmed by either of the two regarding their future together.

Despite the drama, the couple united to celebrate their son’s special day.

Sania shared a heartwarming post on her son’s birthday on Instagram. In the caption she wrote, “Happy birthday to the brightest star of our lives, no matter how dark it is around me, your smile makes it better.”

Shoaib has been one of the leading batting allrounders for Pakistan while playing for the side actively since 1999.

The 41-year-old has smashed more than 11,000 runs for his country across all three formats in his career.

He has also taken over 200 wickets.

Shoaib last featured for Pakistan in a T20I match against Bangladesh at Mirpur in 2021.

He wasn’t able to leave any impact in the match though as he conceded 16 runs in his two-over spell in the first half.

In the second innings, Shoaib didn’t have the opportunity to bat as Fakhar Zaman smashed 57 runs, guiding his side to a comfortable eight-wicket win.