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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyMirzaMalik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BabyMirzaMalik</a> &#55357;&#56438;&#55356;&#57341;❤️ <a href="https://t.co/RTYpqok1Vl">pic.twitter.com/RTYpqok1Vl</a></p>— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) <a href="https://twitter.com/MirzaSania/status/988379668809039872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza announce Baby Mirza Malik is on the way.

Sialkot, April 23rd 2018

Cricket star Shoaib Malik and tennis star Sania Mirza announced today that they are expecting baby Mirza Malik soon.

“We are obviously very excited to enter this new phase of our lives. We have been thinking about it for a while and look forward to our journey as parents InshaAllah .. when we found out we were ecstatic, needless to say our families are overwhelmed and super happy and we wanted to share this amazing news with all our fans and well wishers.” Said Malik.

“We are soon to become parents. Having thought about it for a while, we both felt right now is the correct time to start a family. When we found out, we were ecstatic and couldn't wait to give out this news to our fans and well-wishers. We are very excited to enter this new phase of our lives and look forward to our journey as parents.” Said Sania Mirza

More details to be shared soon.
 
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A Pak and Indian kid would be both an awesome bowler as well as batsman. Would be an awesome allrounder :kallis
 
Isn’t title a tad misleading

Anyways congrats to the couple Ma sha Allah.
 
IAJ said:
Isn’t title a tad misleading

Anyways congrats to the couple Ma sha Allah.
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It is.I am confused as to whether the child has actually been born yet or if they are simply expecting.

In either case,congrats to the couple.
 
Congrats to the both of them!

Since the child could technically hold citizenship of both countries if the child wanted to pursue a career in cricket, what country would they play for? :/
 
One thing I noticed is that Malik's Blue Towel/Shirt is of shorter width in the pic. Any ideas why?
 
Varun said:
No thanks. Rohan Gavaskar was a shadow of his father, imagine Malik Junior.

UAE can have him.
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Steph Curry is the son of Dell Curry, he's overshadowed hia father so sometimes a son can surpass his father.
 
Pakistanian said:
Yeah under both Indian and Pakistani laws the child will be Pakistani, besides most my friends that are Half Pakistani and Half Indian Muslim identify more with their Pakistani side.
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Huh? He can claim indian citizenship as his mother is Indian and she has not given up her citizenship. But he cannot take Pak citizenship then. It will be a choice his parents have to make.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Huh? He can claim indian citizenship as his mother is Indian and she has not given up her citizenship. But he cannot take Pak citizenship then. It will be a choice his parents have to make.
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He will be given a UN passport and will bat with a blue helmet.
 
NEW DELHI: After a career-pausing break and motherhood, will Sania Mirza bounce back to the tennis court for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

It’s a long way off, feels the former doubles World No 1 who says resuming her game is a priority as soon as the pregnancy is done. She wants to set an example that people shouldn’t give up dreams just because they’re pregnant.

Sania and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik, who got married in 2010, announced her pregnancy last month.

“It was just about time… I was down with my knee injury anyway and we had been thinking about it for a while… We thought it was a good time to start a family and experience this new phase of our lives,” Sania told IANS.

She is not letting weight woes worry her.

“Weight is so superficial. For a woman, it’s all about embracing the pregnancy. When you’re pregnant, what’s most important is having a healthy baby. I really want women to understand that whether you’re a celebrity or not, it doesn’t matter. You are going to get bigger when you’re pregnant and you will lose the weight as long as you want to.”

Sania, whose baby’s surname would be Mirza-Malik – an amalgam of the last names of both the parents – is confident she won’t let motherhood hold her back in her career.

“Pregnancy is not something that holds you back in any way. It’s very empowering and is something that is part of being a woman and it’s something I always looked forward to, having a family. I knew tennis is something that will take a backseat eventually,” she added.

“My goal is obviously to come back and that’s the most important thing. Of course, my kid is very important in my life right now, but after that, I would like to come back to playing because it’s an example I’d like to set for my kid as well that you don’t give up on your dreams just because you’re pregnant,” said the youth icon.

She went on to add, “I am young enough to come back and still play and be the best that I can be.”

The tennis ace is suffering from a condition called jumper’s knee, which has kept her off the game for over six months. She even missed the Australian Open earlier this year.

Is the knee any better?

“It definitely is. I haven’t played since mid-October, so it has been a solid six months and more. Rest was something everyone was recommending… So, I won’t say it’s perfect, but it’s better,” said the sportswoman, who finds it difficult to rest.

Overall, the star athlete is quite buoyed by the success of women in the global sports arena of late.

“It’s pretty incredible as we come from a culture where sports is not the first profession that people think of putting their child in… Things are obviously changing… There’s still a long way to go, but it has changed a lot, at least since I started playing tennis.

“Today, a parent is putting the confidence in their child, a girl or a boy – a girl more I think – that they can be a professional athlete, and it doesn’t have to be their second job,” she said.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1703679/4-ive-always-wanted-family-sania-mirza/
 
aloo paratha said:
He/she can play 6 months of the year for India and the other 6 for Pakistan. :inti
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The subcontinent or even the Middle East is still very much a patriarchal society; so on that basis, it's Pakistan all the way. :pakflag2
 
UK do not give citizenship if you are born there without parents having a valid visa
 
Sania Mirza poses seven months pregnant, delivers an honest interview

It’s a Monday morning and things at The Park Hyderabad are in a flurry. The city’s most famous citizen is headed here today for an HT Brunch cover shoot that’s more special than any other; she is seven months pregnant, and this picture will make a memory for life.

Twenty-eight weeks expectant, carrying her first child, tennis ace Sania Mirza walks in with the gait of an athlete. She smiles that Sania smile, one that we’ve all seen play many parts. It’s warm Hyderabadi at times, but shows streaks of rebellion at others. It sometimes conveys the distance that a celebrity – often mired in unnecessary controversy – needs to convey, and at other times, it shows sparks of playfulness. Every time Sania Mirza smiles though, she exudes steely strength that conveys confidence and charm, a combination as rare and unpredictable as this super girl herself.

“Because I’m an athlete there is more muscle tone [in my body], so my bump was not showing as much until very recently,” Sania is overheard telling the photographer, who is worried his travel to Hyderabad may be a waste. It certainly isn’t; for the next few hours see Sania handle the trappings of make-up, hair styling, lights, camera and changes with the ease of a film star. Through it all, she good-humouredly cracks jokes, many on herself, then braves an interview with answers that reek of individuality and inspiration.

“You know, Sania, I was just a few weeks into my job as Editor of HT Brunch when a cover we did with you almost got me into trouble…”

My opening words to the country’s best tennis player get me her full attention immediately.

“It was Sunday, Aug 14, 2016, and we were doing an Independence Day Special Issue,” I explain. “We had a great interview with you as our cover story. Since Aug 14 is Independence Day in Pakistan, we decided to use the cover-line ‘India’s daughter, Pakistan’s daughter-in-law: Sania Mirza joins us to celebrate the Independence Days of two countries that should partake in each other’s happiness more often!’”

Sania doesn’t look amused.

“You deserved to get into trouble,” she chides, then adds, “though the thought isn’t bad…!”

Later in the interview, she elaborates: “A lot of people have this notion that Shoaib and I got married to unite the two countries. That is not true. Whenever I have been to Pakistan – and I go once every year to meet my in laws – the love that I get there is immense. The whole country calls me ‘bhabhi’, and they give me so much respect. I also know that that love is not necessarily for me, it is for my husband who has been cricket captain and what he means to everyone there. The respect they have for him transcends to the respect for me… Just like when Shoaib comes here, and he gets the love and respect of our countrymen.”

So when people refer to her yet-to-be-born baby – the child of Indian tennis superstar Sania Mirza and former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Mallik – as the Love Child of India and Pakistan, how does she react?

“Tags are a part of being a public figure,” she says. “I play for my country, my family, for myself, and so does my husband. We are aware of the responsibilities we carry, but we do not take these tags seriously. They may make for a good headline, but don’t mean anything to us at home!”

Sania Mirza has shut me up and my tastelessness. Thankfully, she shows no signs of shutting up herself.

Was getting pregnant at this time a planned move? As sports stars with careers and dreams, did Shoaib and she discuss it at length? “When we got married we were both clear that our careers wouldn’t be compromised,” says Sania. “He has been more ready for this than me for the last few years, to be honest. He’s also a few years older than me, so that’s understandable. But he never told me, ‘Maybe we should… this is the time…’ I really respect that in a man. It is often taken for granted that as a woman you will put your life on hold and do what’s expected. I never felt that pressure. I’ve always wanted to have a child and have a family, I just didn’t know when…”

Later in the conversation, she hints at how a knee injury brought out chat about pregnancy, which she seems to be breezing through with ease. “Stop telling me I’m glowing,” she laughs. “It’s just another way of saying I’m fat!”

“I found out early that I was pregnant, and quite by chance. I remember it was the 25th of February, and the only thing that concerned me immediately was that I had been training like a dog. They say you must be most careful in your first trimester, and I was running so much, it got me a bit worried. Once I knew, I took it easy. I didn’t have as much morning sickness as I’d expected, just a few mood swings. And I kept myself active throughout.”

Active like Serena Williams, who was rumoured to be playing tennis till her eighth month? “I don’t think she played tennis till her eighth month. But she did exercise, which every woman can do provided you’ve been doing it before you got pregnant. You mustn’t think a pregnancy is an excuse to put your feet up and do nothing, unless there is a complication. I’ve been doing yoga four times a week through my second trimester, though it did take a bit of convincing my mother. (‘How can you exercise,’ she was worried!) But I’m still walking four to five kms daily, though I am beginning to tire a bit faster. I do miss tennis… I have a court at home, but my mother will kill me if I try to sneak in a game!”

Sania’s effervescent laughter stays in the room long after a joke is over. What about nutrition: has she been an indulgent eater, or disciplined as an athlete?

“Fortunately, I’ve lost the taste for sugar during my pregnancy, so that’s a really lucky thing,” says Sania. “I started craving mirchi… but that’s better than craving chocolate, I thought. My dietician – who was also my nutritionist before I got pregnant – advised me against maida. But I had these sudden gluten cravings. Now, I’ve always loved rice, but I now want nan. It’s amazing the weird cravings one can have…”

“Emotionally, this pregnancy has been a self-realisation. As a woman, you sometimes don’t realise the things your body can do and create; you understand that only when it’s doing it!”

Somewhere during the banter, Sania Mirza lets out an unusual fact: that her mother’s due date when she was expecting Sania is exactly the same as her own due date right now. “Isn’t it funny,” she says. “Of course I arrived late and was born on my mother’s birthday!”

Is she scared about the delivery? “I’m more anxious than scared,” she says. “I have a really good doctor. She has my temperament, which is not very hyper. If I get anxious, she can calm me down. This is also the reason I’m having my baby here in Hyderabad…”

Has there been any moment during her pregnancy so far that has left her scared as hell? “There was this pain that popped up out of nowhere in my fifth month. It was in a very sensitive spot, and that’s when I started freaking out a bit. Now I’m usually a calm person if and when I am ill, but this time, things were different. ‘Should I take this medicine? Or this one?’ I kept asking my doctor. My mother simply smiled. It’s later that I realised what she’d always told both of us sisters. Whenever we’d be half an hour late and ask her why she got so worried, she’d say, “You’ll never know until you become a mother!” This time, Mum saw me panic – not for me, but for my child – and she told me, ‘Sania, you’ve not delivered your baby yet, but you are a mother already…!’”

https://www.hindustantimes.com/brun...t-questions/story-3Rz0xfMD9ip1UqzRlzHumN.html
 
Very happy for the both of them.

A great advertisement for all the right reasons.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many congratulations to Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza on the birth of their baby boy. We wish him a long, healthy and happy life <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyMirzaMalik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BabyMirzaMalik</a></p>— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPassion/status/1057180703748702208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Adijazz1706 said:
Indo-Pak mixture, the guy will bat like Sachin and bowl like Akram :D
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Too much expectations and pressure.

With all the expectations, he might turn out to be a Umar Akmal with the bat and Dinda with the ball.

If he is brought up in India, he has a good chance of becoming an Engineer.
 
troodon said:
Too much expectations and pressure.

With all the expectations, he might turn out to be a Umar Akmal with the bat and Dinda with the ball.

If he is brought up in India, he has a good chance of becoming an Engineer.
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I think they will settle in Dubai. It's better if they stay away from C grade Indian and Pakistani media.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you from the bottom of our heart to everyone for the wishes from Sania and I, and our families.<br><br>Our son’s name is Izhaan ❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyMirzaMalik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BabyMirzaMalik</a> &#55357;&#56444;&#55356;&#57340; <a href="https://t.co/F7bPCnGnL6">https://t.co/F7bPCnGnL6</a></p>— Shoaib Malik &#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; (@realshoaibmalik) <a href="https://twitter.com/realshoaibmalik/status/1057310186178674688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Abdullah719 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you from the bottom of our heart to everyone for the wishes from Sania and I, and our families.<br><br>Our son’s name is Izhaan ❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyMirzaMalik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BabyMirzaMalik</a> &#55357;&#56444;&#55356;&#57340; <a href="https://t.co/F7bPCnGnL6">https://t.co/F7bPCnGnL6</a></p>— Shoaib Malik &#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; (@realshoaibmalik) <a href="https://twitter.com/realshoaibmalik/status/1057310186178674688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I thought his name was Mirza
 
Abdullah719 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you from the bottom of our heart to everyone for the wishes from Sania and I, and our families.<br><br>Our son’s name is Izhaan ❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyMirzaMalik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BabyMirzaMalik</a> ���� <a href="https://t.co/F7bPCnGnL6">https://t.co/F7bPCnGnL6</a></p>— Shoaib Malik ���� (@realshoaibmalik) <a href="https://twitter.com/realshoaibmalik/status/1057310186178674688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Congratulations to the happy couple.

I've never heard of this name, is it popular in India or something?
 
The question is will he play for India or Pakistan? :)
 
Lovely news. Hope the little Izhaan Malik plays for Pakistan one day. Or shall he represent India?
 
Congrats to the family :)

Always nice when a news brings smile to your face :)

PS: Of course he will play for Pakistan. You heard it here first :P :D
 
He is an Indian citizen and won't get Pakistani citizenship..so if he chooses cricket and is good enough he will play for India..
 
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Me as a mother and my little Izhaan as my son ❤️ we’ve even watched Baba play some cricket together since we’ve arrived �� it truly is the biggest match ,tournament achievement I’ve ever won or had and there is no feeling or blessing that can be greater than this.. I finally have gotten sometime after this overwhelming feeling to get online and check the msgs and love we have received. Shoaib and I feel truly blessed and humbled with the wishes and love that us as parents and Izhaan have received ❤️ Thank you to each and every one of you ..we love you right back! 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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Celebrations! My son turns 16 days old on the same day my wife turned 16 years young, and my mother in law too. Life set hey Alhumdulilah Alhumdulilah Alhumdulilah &#55357;&#56911;&#55356;&#57340; <a href="https://t.co/jVxPdRk9KV">pic.twitter.com/jVxPdRk9KV</a></p>— Shoaib Malik &#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; (@realshoaibmalik) <a href="https://twitter.com/realshoaibmalik/status/1063074076564934656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Team Pakistan on bouncing back the way they did and being as unpredictable like it always is !!! <a href="https://twitter.com/cricketworldcup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cricketworldcup</a> got more interesting than it already was &#55357;&#56847;&#55357;&#56832;</p>— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) <a href="https://twitter.com/MirzaSania/status/1135669585317810177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
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It's a bit weird having the mother's surname in the baby's one. Would be interesting to see who he represents if he were to become a sportsman.
 
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It's a bit weird having the mother's surname in the baby's one. Would be interesting to see who he represents if he were to become a sportsman.
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Parents are smart. Boy can jump either fence depending on convenience.
 
Met Shoaib Malik at a restaurant in Hobart where you don't even see animals after 6pm: Sania Mirza

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza's high-profile wedding with former Pakistan cricket team captain Shoaib Malik became the talking point in both countries a decade back but not many know the story behind how the two superstar athletes first met, before eventually getting married in 2010.

Sania Mirza, who appeared on the second episode of India Today Inspiration on Saturday, revealed how and where she first met with her future husband and initially thought that destiny had a role to play in their marriage. But later realized that Shoaib had actually planned the meeting all along.

"We knew each other socially and then we bumped into each other at a restaurant in Hobart where you don't even see animals/birds after 6 pm, forget people (laughs).

"Must've been destiny that we met over there to be very honest. Only later I realized that he had actually planned to come to the restaurant because I was there. I was giving destiny all the credit but it was clearly not," Sania told India Today's Consulting Editor (Sports) Boria Majumdar.

Sania and Shoaib got married on April 12, 2010, in Hyderabad and then had their Walima ceremony in Sialkot, Pakistan. The couple welcomed their first baby in October last year, a boy who they named Izhaan Mirza Malik.

Before taking leave from the circuit to start a family two years back, Sania won 6 doubles Grand Slam titles -- including 3 in mixed doubles -- achieved the number one rank in doubles, won medals at multi-disciplinary events apart from laying hands on a year-end WTA Finale title with Swiss great Martina Hingis.

The 33-year-old is now planning to return to competitive tennis and is eyeing to make her comeback at the Hobart International WTA tournament in January next year. Sania, who last played at the China Open in October 2017, will team up with Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok. Sania has also planned to team up with American Rajeev Ram for the mixed doubles at the 2020 Australian Open.

Shoaib Malik, on the other hand, retired from one-day international cricket after the conclusion of the 50-over World Cup in England earlier this year. He last played an international match for Pakistan in a losing cause against India at the World Cup in Manchester in June.

Shoaib had made himself available for T20I selection after the World Cup event but has fallen out-of-favour in the pecking order of the selectors.
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/te...rt-india-today-inspiration-1626177-2019-12-07
 
Six-time Grand Slam winner and former Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza conceded that she does not regret taking a two-year maternity break from tennis at a time when she was in a good phase of her career.

Sania Mirza, arguably India's finest-ever women's tennis player, announced a break from tennis in 2018 to give birth to her first child with former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik in October last year. Mirza last played at the China Open in 2017, where she lost in the semi-finals partnering Peng Shuai. The star India athlete was still among the top 10 when she announced her pregnancy break.

"Making a decision at that point was not that hard for me because I was very sure that if I ever sort of wanted to walk away from tennis or come out of it or even take a break I wanted to be on the top. "I was still in the top 10 in the world when I decided to have a baby. And it was not something that was an accident, we planned to have a baby and we both were ready," Sania Mirza said in the second episode of India Today Inspiration.

Miza further revealed that ahead of her pregnancy she was a little concerned about her non-maternal nature but that changed after giving birth to her son, Izhaan.

"Something clicked, maybe the maternal instinct in me and I am generally not a very maternal person, so I was little worried about my child thinking if I am not so maternal, I hope I am maternal towards my child. But now I am to my child. Thank God for that."

"In general, as athletes, we live a very selfish and self-centered life. We live a life that revolves around us, our food, training, match and everybody else revolves around you because you are the one who's going to go out and perform and it sort of makes you a little self-centered and it's a job hazard and not something that we try to do as an athlete."

"So we were dealing with 2 athletes that way. Shoaib is also an athlete. And a lot revolves around him as well. That is the biggest change that has happened. I can say in me for sure. Because the minute that I held Izhan in my hands nothing mattered anymore. It didn't matter whether I got any sleep or not, I didn't get any food or what. Nothing mattered. That is the maternal instinct that sort of kicks in. And that is parenthood and I would not trade it for the world. And when I sit back and think was it the right time or not, absolutely yes."

Saina Mirza, 33, recently announced her comeback to the court. Sania will team up with Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok, now world No. 38, to play doubles at the Hobert International between January 11-18 and then Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year.

Mirza will partner American Rajeev Ram for the mixed doubles at the Australian Open

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/te...ak-india-today-inspiration-1626195-2019-12-07
 
Like most, the pandemic-induced lockdown has caused a great deal of anxiety for Sania Mirza. But it isn’t just the unknown nature of the virus or being confined indoors that makes the tennis star uneasy. In her case, it is also the fact that her family is separated: Sania and her child Izhaan in Hyderabad, India, and her husband, cricketer Shoaib Malik, in Sialkot, Pakistan.

Sania, who returned to the tennis court in January after two years, was travelling non-stop for tournaments, escaping the virus along the way, and returned home from the USA just before the lockdown was imposed. Malik was competing in the Pakistan Super League when similar measures were enforced there.

“So he got stuck in Pakistan, I got stuck here. That was very difficult to deal with because we have a small child. We don’t know when Izhaan will be able to see his father again. It’s as basic as that,” Sania said in a conversation with The Indian Express on Facebook Live. “We are both pretty positive and practical people. He has a mother who is over 65 and by herself, so he needs to be there. So in the end, it worked out best that he was there with her. We hope we are healthy and come out of this on the right side of it.”

It’s one of the many emotions Sania is experiencing simultaneously. Tennis, at the moment, does not occupy prime space in her mind. “I don’t have anxiety problems but a couple of nights ago, I was having anxiety out of nothing. I was lying in bed and thinking of things because there’s so much uncertainty. Having a toddler in the house, you don’t know how to protect yourself, how to protect your child, you have parents who are older. So, you are not really thinking about work or tennis,” she said.

It’s about survival, she adds. The plight of migrant workers, among the most affected during the lockdown, ‘breaks her heart.’ She’s been raising funds and doing zakat (charity), this being the month of Ramzan. But Sania isn’t sure if even that is enough to help those in need. “It’s almost like you feel guilty to be in a privileged position when you see videos of them,” she says.

On Friday morning, Sania saw a picture of a ‘mother carrying a child on her shoulder while dragging a suitcase, and having another child on the suitcase.’ “It’s heart-wrenching. I really do feel for those who go on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis financially. The daily wagers…” she said. “Fortunately, a lot of us are in a privileged position and are able to help. I personally have reacted by trying to help. We raised Rs 3.3 crore, if I am not wrong, in a period of three weeks with a movement called Youth Feed India. But our population is so large that it’s difficult to say what we all are doing is enough.”

The situation of tennis players ranked outside the 200-250 mark also bothers her. Especially because she is convinced tennis will be one of the last sports to resume when the situation worldwide gets better.

Sania felt the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tennis when she was playing the Fed Cup in the first week of March in Dubai. “One day we would have ball boys, the next day we wouldn’t, because of the virus, and it was not hygienic. When we had ball kids, they were not allowed to give us a towel or do certain things. Then suddenly, we had no linesmen… we’re experiencing it (the impact) as we were going,” she said.

'I don't know when my son will be able to see his father again': Sania MirzaSania Mirza (R) during the Facebook Live for Indian Express.
Hours after leading India into the Fed Cup playoffs, Sania hopped on a flight to California to play the Indian Wells Masters. However, by the time she reached, the tournament was called off due to the virus. Since then, no competitive event has taken place and the Tokyo Olympics, one of her biggest motivations to return to tennis post-motherhood, were postponed by a year.

“It’s very, very tough for the athletes. Imagine (the condition of) runners who were supposed to be peaking this year for the Olympics. A lot of athletes try to peak for the Olympics. For tennis, we have Grand Slams, other tournaments, so many things to look forward to. There are so many sports where they have only one or two things in a year. So, it’s a huge, huge miss,” she said. “A lot of things change because of this. You have to find motivation, who knows what their mental and physical state is going to be. Even for myself.”

Gradually, sports bodies across the world are firming up plans to resume action. On Saturday, live football will return in the form of the German league. However, given the amount of travel involved as well as the fact that players from multiple nations compete in a tournament, Sania said it will be ‘too big a risk’ to restart tennis until the danger subsides, adding that she won’t even open her academy again until she is ‘sure the kids are not at risk’.

“The second you travel, you are compromised. The second you sit on a plane, you are compromised. It’s impossible to have a tournament where you’re going to have 500 players from 100 different countries and nobody is going to have the virus. It’s just too big a risk,” she said.

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...an-malik-covid-19-lockdown-interview-6411972/
 
Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has opened up about her time during pregnancy and how she felt she could never return to the court again.

Sania, who married to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in 2010, gave birth to baby boy Izhaan in October 2018. After that in January 2020, she made a return to tennis circuit and won the doubles title at the WTA Hobart International 2020 with her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok.

“Pregnancy and having a baby made me a better person,” said Sania in an open letter – ‘An Ode to All Mothers’ after watching ‘Being Serena’ on Discovery Plus.

“Pregnancy is something that I had experienced for the first time in my life. I thought about it and I think we all have a certain picture about it but once you experience it, you really understand what it means. It absolutely changes you as a human being,” she added.

Later came the part to overcome the physical obstacles and get back to her earlier self to make a comeback to the court.

“Getting back to shape and form after pregnancy can be a challenge and I can relate to Serena and every other woman on that. I think it’s normal for everyone because you don’t know how your body is going to react post-pregnancy and during pregnancy,” said the 34-year-old.

Lastly, the Indian tennis star — while depicting her transformation journey and the sheer joy of being on the court — said, “Having put-on around 23kg during my pregnancy, I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to get back to being fit and playing tennis again.”

“However, I lost around 26 kilos with a lot of workout regimes and very strict diets and came back to tennis because that’s what I know, love and do. Finally, when I won at Hobart after coming back it was pretty amazing. I was honestly very proud of myself to have been able to put myself to compete at the highest level again and I think that’s where I was mentally,” she added.

https://www.thestatesman.com/sports...d-23-kg-pregnancy-sania-mirza-1502937280.html
 
https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2021/07/15/sania-mirza-and-shoaib-malik-receive-uae-golden-visa/

Tennis ace Sania Mirza and her husband, and star Pakistan batsman, Shoaib Malik have deepened their ties with the UAE after receiving the country’s golden visa.

The golden visa grants the recipient a 10-year residency in the UAE, and is awarded as a recognition of a person's contribution to society, including science, culture, business and sport.

And now, the star couple have been given the honour. Malik has been one of the serving cricketers for Pakistan, while Sania is one of the finest tennis players produced by India. Both have been living in Dubai since marrying in 2010.

“Dubai is extremely close to me and my family. This is my second home and we are looking forward to spending more time here,” Sania told news agency ANI.

“Being one of the few selected citizen from India, this brings an absolute honour to us. This will also give us an opportunity to work on our tennis and cricket sports academy which we are aiming to open in the next couple of months.”

In 2019, the UAE established a new system for long-term residence visas. The scheme was introduced to attract investors, but has since been expanded to also acknowledge the contributions made by various members of society from the Arab world and beyond.

Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt are the other two Indian celebrities to receive the visa. Singer and actor Fakhr-e-Alam became Pakistan’s first celebrity to receive the honour.
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Traditionally children are given the father's surname but in this case their kid also has his mother's too. I have always felt Shoaib is the under the thumb ghar jawai type of husband who is terrified of his wife. Sania dominates and towers over him whenever they are seen together.
 
PakLFC said:
Traditionally children are given the father's surname but in this case their kid also has his mother's too. I have always felt Shoaib is the under the thumb ghar jawai type of husband who is terrified of his wife. Sania dominates and towers over him whenever they are seen together.
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yep, however it works for him and he is happy .
 
PakLFC said:
Traditionally children are given the father's surname but in this case their kid also has his mother's too. I have always felt Shoaib is the under the thumb ghar jawai type of husband who is terrified of his wife. Sania dominates and towers over him whenever they are seen together.
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Sania is an international celebrity and definitely earns much more than Malik. Obviously she is the dominant name among the two.
A lot of Bollywood celebrities use both surnames of mother and father if it benefits them.
 
guna said:
Sania is an international celebrity and definitely earns much more than Malik. Obviously she is the dominant name among the two.
A lot of Bollywood celebrities use both surnames of mother and father if it benefits them.
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Shoaib just seems to be a bheegi billi kinda a man! Joru ka ghulam i know many men like him!!:))):))):)))
 
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Shoaib just seems to be a bheegi billi kinda a man! Joru ka ghulam i know many men like him!!:))):))):)))
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He is man enough to accept that a woman can be more powerful and popular than him. Words like Joru ka ghulam are a result of centuries of horrible patriarchy.
 
guna said:
He is man enough to accept that a woman can be more powerful and popular than him. Words like Joru ka ghulam are a result of centuries of horrible patriarchy.
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Just calling it as it is. Shoaib gives the impression of being terrified of his wife! He is what I rightfully called him:afridi You know in the subcontinental culture people notice these things immediately. The old aunties thrive on such gossip, it is what they live for most:starc
 
guna said:
Sania is an international celebrity and definitely earns much more than Malik. Obviously she is the dominant name among the two.
A lot of Bollywood celebrities use both surnames of mother and father if it benefits them.
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What are you talking about?? Sania is anything but an "international celebrity" for goodness sake:))):))). An average Tennis player who has never even been close to winning a major singles tournament is what she is. Outside the subcontinent she is nothing and a nobody.
 
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What are you talking about?? Sania is anything but an "international celebrity" for goodness sake:))):))). An average Tennis player who has never even been close to winning a major singles tournament is what she is. Outside the subcontinent she is nothing and a nobody.
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She is a former doubles no.1 player and won 6 grand slams. She was world no.1 in doubles for 91 weeks, one of the longest. She twice won the WTA finals in doubles.

Average is the word thats reserved for people like Shoaib Malik.
 
guna said:
Sania is an international celebrity and definitely earns much more than Malik. Obviously she is the dominant name among the two.
A lot of Bollywood celebrities use both surnames of mother and father if it benefits them.
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They probably make about the same amount of money, he's always had a consistent source of income having been a centrally contracted player for almost two decades, he was getting paid from the national and district cricket boards along with the departments and various leagues he's played in and then there's the match fees, bonuses and endorsement deals he has. The thing with tennis is that, Sania only gets paid when she's winning or at least going far in tournaments and there is a wage gap between mens and women's tennis, it's a pay-to-play kind of career, she's obviously making dough from all the Indian sponsorship deals she has but I think it comes out to be the same with Malik, if anything there are more highs and lows in professional tennis than there is in professional cricket, the later has a more consistent stream of income. Also cricketers tend to have much longer careers on average, Malik playing professional until 40 isn't rare in cricket especially at the domestic level but for tennis players especially women tennis players it's very rare unless you're a generational talent like Federer and Serena.
 
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They probably make about the same amount of money, he's always had a consistent source of income having been a centrally contracted player for almost two decades, he was getting paid from the national and district cricket boards along with the departments and various leagues he's played in and then there's the match fees, bonuses and endorsement deals he has. The thing with tennis is that, Sania only gets paid when she's winning or at least going far in tournaments and there is a wage gap between mens and women's tennis, it's a pay-to-play kind of career, she's obviously making dough from all the Indian sponsorship deals she has but I think it comes out to be the same with Malik, if anything there are more highs and lows in professional tennis than there is in professional cricket, the later has a more consistent stream of income. Also cricketers tend to have much longer careers on average, Malik playing professional until 40 isn't rare in cricket especially at the domestic level but for tennis players especially women tennis players it's very rare unless you're a generational talent like Federer and Serena.
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Sania was earning close to 2mn usd per year in 2015. Is there any Pakistani cricketer who was earning more than a million dollars a year?

Her prize money from her career is close to USD 7mn. Her endorsement deals are estimated to be worth much more. Infact one source estimated her to be worth $25 mn.

I doubt Malik or any Pakistani or non big 3 cricketer has that kind of money.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Sania was earning close to 2mn usd per year in 2015. Is there any Pakistani cricketer who was earning more than a million dollars a year?

Her prize money from her career is close to USD 7mn. Her endorsement deals are estimated to be worth much more. Infact one source estimated her to be worth $25 mn.

I doubt Malik or any Pakistani or non big 3 cricketer has that kind of money.
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Afridi and Malik easily make over a million dollars a year

Shoaib Malik has a net worth of $28 million, slightly more than Sania
https://www.republicworld.com/sport...n-cricket-psl-salary-house-personal-life.html

Afridi is well known as a multimillionaire among Pakistanis, he's loaded and his net worth ranges from $30 - $50 million. Most Pakistani cricketers are also entrepreneurs and have a lot of investments.
 
Giannis said:
Afridi and Malik easily make over a million dollars a year

Shoaib Malik has a net worth of $28 million, slightly more than Sania
https://www.republicworld.com/sport...n-cricket-psl-salary-house-personal-life.html

Afridi is well known as a multimillionaire among Pakistanis, he's loaded and his net worth ranges from $30 - $50 million. Most Pakistani cricketers are also entrepreneurs and have a lot of investments.
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Disclaimer: The above Shoaib Malik net worth information is sourced from various websites and media reports. The website does not guarantee a 100% accuracy of the figures.

From the same website.

PCB isnt a big pay giver. The annual retainer of Babbar Azam is 150k per month.

Making a million usd in PKR terms is not easy.

$30 or 50mn is a lot of money. It would be close to 800crs PKR.

While there is no doubt that Afridi is the richest pakistani cricketer, but his net worth of 50mn is way too much.
 
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