Baby girl for Bollywood’s Anushka Sharma and cricketer Virat Kohli

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, left, and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma (Rajanish Kakade/AP)

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has given birth to a baby girl, her husband and captain of the country’s national cricket team, Virat Kohli, said, declaring that the couple was beyond blessed to start “this new chapter of our lives”.

“We thank you all for your love, prayers and good wishes,” Kohli wrote on Twitter.