Shoaib Malik drops Sania Mirza from family photo on son's birthday
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There were rumours that athlete couple have parted ways and live separately for past some time
DUBAI (Web Desk) - Recent photographs of former Pakistan cricket team captain Shoaib Malik with his son, Izhaan Mirza Malik, left the netizens in a guessing game.
Shoaib was seen spending some quality time with his son on his 5th birthday in what looks like the Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's home in Dubai.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Malik wrote: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beta... Baba loves you."
The cricketer also shared four different photos with his five-year-old son and made a heart emoji in the caption.
Interesting, Shoaib’s wife Sania Mirza seems missing from the family photo as the tennis star was only seen in the background holding her sister's daughter.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beta...
— Shoaib Malik (@realshoaibmalik) October 29, 2023
Baba loves you ️ pic.twitter.com/pT3GdIv5l8
Both the father and son seemed happy with the birthday cake but Sania wasn’t posing with them.
A large number of social media users questioned why the celebrity couple didn’t share the family photo on the big day of their son.
There were earlier rumours that the athlete couple have parted ways and live separately for past some time.
"Sania was added in the photo or kept out completely, what happened”, a social media users questioned.
The former cricketer's family sources said Shoaib Malik went to Dubai only to celebrate his son's birthday.
Shoaib and Sania are in the headlines for quite a time for the reports of their alleged separation. The couple tied the knot in 2010 and welcomed their son, Izhan Mirza-Malik in 2018.
However, fans speculated that Sania and Malik's relationship had gone sour in November 2022 after 12 years of marriage.
