Jonty Rhodes Welcomes Newborn Son as Mumbai Indians Win IPL10

Jonty Rhodes was in Hyderabad for the IPL 10’s final match on Sunday when his son was born in Mumbai.

Jonty Rhodes and his wife Melani have been blessed with a baby boy. (Photo Courtesy: Instagram/Jonty Rhodes)

Jhonty Rhodes had more than Mumbai Indians’ third IPL title to celebrate on Sunday. The South African cricketer and his wife Melanie were blessed with a baby boy at a hospital in suburban Mumbai, after the birth of their daughter India in the city, two years ago.

Rhodes, who is the fielding coach of IPL's Mumbai Indians team, was in Hyderabad for the league's final match on Sunday when his son was born.

Rhodes' wife gave birth to the baby, weighing around 3.7 kg, on Sunday evening, without any complication through water delivery, Dr Amit Dhurandar of Surya Hospital in suburban Santacruz told PTI.

Rhodes wanted the baby’s delivery through water birth, and he wrote to me a few months back. Since water birth isn’t easily available in South Africa, therefore, they opted this mode of delivery here in the Mumbai city, which is becoming popular among the Indians too.

Dr Amit Dhurandar

Both the mother and the newborn are doing fine, he said, adding that they may be discharged by Tuesday.

The baby was born over a week after its due date.

Rhodes' daughter, named India, was also born at a hospital in the city two years ago during the IPL 8 season.