Rohit Sharma has shared the first picture of his newborn baby daughter on his Twitter handle. The India cricketer who recently became a father posted a beautiful picture on social media.

While her face is not visible, the picture shows the newborn holding the fingers of father Rohit and mother Ritika.

"Well hello world! Let’s all have a great 2019," wrote Rohit with the much-awaited picture. 

Well hello world! Let’s all have a great 2019 pic.twitter.com/N1eJ2lHs8A

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) January 3, 2019

Rohit Sharma and Ritika became parents of a baby girl on Monday. The cricketer, who was in Australia with the Indian team, has flown back to be with his daughter and wife Ritika.  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the right-hand batsman will give a miss to the final Test of the ongoing four-match series against Australia beginning January 3 in Sydney.

The cricket body also congratulated Sharma on the "beginning of a new chapter in his life". "Rohit will miss the fourth and the final Test against Australia at Sydney. There will be no replacement player in the Test squad," an official statement from BCCI reads. Sharma will join the national ODI side on January 8 when the team begins their preparation for the three-match ODI series starting January 12.