Dad Kohli gets protective about Baby Vamika, requests paparazzi to not click her pictures

Kohli left for his upcoming South Africa tournament with Anushka Sharma on Thursday.

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Virushka at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Cricketer Virat Kohli, along with his actress-wife Anushka Sharma and daughter Vamika, is in South Africa for the upcoming cricket tournament.

The couple, who left for the country on Thursday early morning, were spotted by the shutterbugs at the Mumbai airport.

While getting off the Team India bus, Kohli warned the paparazzi stationed outside the airport gates to not click pictures of his baby girl. Carrying his luggage, Kohli said, "Baby ka mat lena." (Don't pap baby Vamika), according to The Times of India report.

​Virushka at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg​, South Africa.
Virushka at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Vamika was strapped around her mother dressed in an all-black ensemble who stepped out of the same bus.

Since the toddler's birth, the couple have shared pictures of their baby girl on social media - without showing her face.



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The 33-year-old cricketer said that they had decided to not expose their daughter to the media yet. They wanted the 11-month-old to be able to make her own decisions about social networking platforms.
Anushka Sharma clicked with Vamika on November 13 and October 6.
Anushka Sharma clicked with Vamika on November 13 and October 6.

After Vamika's birth, the couple issued a release, requesting the media fraternity to not click pictures of their daughter.

The note read, "Hi, Thank you for all the love that you have given us for all these years. We are happy to celebrate this momentous occasion with you. As parents, we have a simple request to make to you. We want to protect the privacy of our child and we need your help and support... While we will always ensure that you get all the content you need featuring us, we would request you to kindly not take or carry any content that has our child."

Earlier this month, Twitter said that Kohli's baby announcement on January 11, 2021, was the most-liked tweet of the year in India. The post was retweeted over 51K times, and liked by 540.8K people.

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The cricketer is an avid Twitter user with 45.4 million followers. On Instagram, he has 173 million followers.

The couple recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary.
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