Mushfiqur blessed with baby girl

Bangladesh's wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim has been blessed with a baby girl on Monday.

Mushfiqur announced the news on social media.

"Assalamualaikum all…Alhamdulillah Almighty Allah bless us with a baby girl…Both mother and baby under observations..please pray for us," the post read. 

This is Mushfiqur's second child. He became a father for the first time in February 2018 when he had a son. 

Mushfiqur returned home from Colombo on Sunday to be with his wife for the birth of their second child.

The batter is expected to join the Tigers in Colombo on September 13 to play his side's final Asia Cup Super Four match against India on September 15.