West Indies’ all-rounder Andre Russell Tuesday announced that he and his wife Jassym Lora are expecting their first baby. The 31-year-old Jamaican cricketer took to his Instagram handle and uploaded a video which he captioned “another blessing” in his life.
The star cricketer also revealed the gender of the baby in a unique way during a party.
In a video posted by Andre Russell on Instagram, Jassym Lora can be seen throwing an underarm ball to the batsman, who smashed it to make it burst into pink smoke. “So it’s #GIRL, another blessing in my life it didn’t matter if it was a girl or a boy, all am asking God for is a healthy baby #babyrussell,” Andre Russell captioned the video on Instagram.
The video invited heartwarming congratulatory messages from people from cricket fraternity and fans.
“Where was my invitation. Congrats bro..another lucky girl,” West Indies star Chris Gayle replied to Russell’s post.
“Wishing a safe pregnancy and successful delivery,” Carlos Braithwaite commented.
Daren Sammy joined in saying: “Congratulations champ wishing the wifey a healthy pregnancy @ar12russell”.
“Girls rule the world bro…blessings,” Samuel Badree said.