Daddy duties for Dinesh Karthik! Cricketer and his squash-player wife Dipika Pallikal are parents to twin boys

Team India cricketer Dinesh Karthik is all set to play a new innings: that of a Daddy! The batsman and his wife, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medal-winning squash player, Dipika Pallikal Karthik took to social media to announce the birth of their twins.


The couple posted their life update on Thursday evening and revealed that they have been blessed with two baby boys -Kabir Pallikal Karthik and Zian Pallikal Karthik . Both sportspersons, basking in the newfound joys of parental love, shared the images.


Karthik, the 36-year-old captain of the IPL Kolkata Knight Riders Team captioned it: "And just like that 3 became 5 Dipika and I have been blessed with two beautiful baby boys - Kabir Pallikal Karthik and Zian Pallikal Karthik and we could not be happier".

Pallikal, a professional squash player, is the first Indian to get into the top 10 of the official women's squash world rankings. She is also a multiple Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medal-winning athlete.