New Delhi: Actress Athiya Shetty and cricketer KL Rahul step into their new journey of parenthood. The star couple has become parents to a baby girl. The duo took to Instagram to share this heartfelt news with their fans and followers. Athiya and Rahul tied the knot in January 2023. After two years, the duo annouces this news in a sweet Instagram post.
The heartfelt post is captioned, ”Blessed with a baby girl.” In the announcement post, the couple shared a painting of two swans with the date “24-03-2025” mentioned on the beautiful poster. Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul shared the picture in a collaboration post, adding a baby emoji with a halo and wings.
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Soon after the post went public, the comment section was flooded with messages from their fans and friends. Actress Kiara Advani commented with a ”heart” emoji. Aditi Rao Hydari wrote, ”Congratulationssssssssss Hugs and squishes”, wishing the couple. Shanaya Kapoor also wrote, “Congratulations” with a heart emoji. Parineeti Chopra penned, “Congratss guys!” , Arjun Kapoor also showered love he wrote, “Is here!! #squishy! Congratulations guys.”
 In November last year, the couple shared the joyous news on Instagram through a joint note that read, ”Our beautiful blessing is coming soon. 2025.” The announcement was accompanied by visuals of little feet and an evil eye. For the unversed, Athiya Shetty was due in April 2025. Recently, Athiya and Rahul took over the internet with their heartfelt maternity photoshoot, capturing the essence of their pregnancy announcement. The post was captioned as, ”Oh! Baby” alogn with evil eye and Infinity emoji.Â
Actress Athiya Shetty was last seen in the 2019 comedy-drama Motichoor Chaknachoor alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Meanwhile, star India wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul is not playing the opening game of his new franchise Delhi Capitals due to the birth of his first child. He took special permission from the Delhi Capitals management to skip the match against his former franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).Â
As a result, Rahul was not named in Delhi Capitals’ playing XI nor in the impact sub list for the match No. 4 of IPL 2025 against Lucknow Super Giants at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
The star batter, who was bought for Rs 14 crore at the IPL Mega Auction, is expected to rejoin the Delhi Capitals squad for their second game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 30.
Notably, Rahul was in excellent form and played a key role in India’s Champions Trophy 2025 win in Dubai. He trained under India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar in Mumbai before joining the Delhi Capitals camp for IPL 2025.
