Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal took to social media to announce that they have became parents to two baby boys.
India cricketer Dinesh Karthik on Thursday (October 28) took to social media to share the good news of him becoming a father. He and his wife Dipika Pallikal Karthik have been blessed with two baby boys.
Karthik posted family photos on Twitter and wrote, "And just like that 3 became 5 Dipika and I have been blessed with two beautiful baby boys Kabir Pallikal Karthik Zian Pallikal Karthik and we could not be happier". He married Deepika, a squash player for India, in 2015.
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Ex-India batter Wasim Jaffer congratulated the couple and sent his blessings to the newborn babies. He also jokingly put in Sunil Gavaskar's famous lines in commentary while congratulating them.
"Like a true batsman DK converted one into two ???? Congratulations to both of you. And lots of love and blessings to the little ones," Jaffer wrote.
Gavaskar usually praises a batter when they convert one run into two while running between the wickets.