Watch: ‘Won’t see her for two months’ – KL Rahul gets emotional as he talks about missing daughter Evaarah | Cricket News

KL Rahul with spouse Athiya Shetty and daughter Evaarah Vipula Rahul. (Instagram)

KL Rahul is a part of the Indian cricket staff in England for the 5-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. He was one of many earliest squad members to the touch down within the UK for the collection. The toll of an extended tour – practically two months on this case – is felt by everybody. Even extra so for KL Rahul who grew to become a father, alongside Athiya Shetty on March 24 this 12 months.While chatting with Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul spoke about his daughter and the problem of being away from household for this lengthy.

“Yeah, it’s a great time in my life for my family. I’ve always loved children. I’ve always wanted children for a long time. So, made me and my family really really happy. We’re in a great place. She’s a beautiful little girl. It’s brought so much happiness into our lives,” mentioned KL Rahul.When requested if KL Rahul did any daddy duties, he mentioned, “I’ve executed just a little bit, however sadly, two days after she was born, I needed to go play the IPL recreation. And I attempted in no matter breaks we bought in the course of the IPL to return for a few days after which end the IPL. “It was actually laborious to take that call to return right here and play that India A recreation as nicely as a result of I had not spent any time with her and I knew once I come right here, I will not see her for one other two months. So, it is a actually actually laborious choice.“There were some really hard decisions that I’ve had to make in the last few months. But yeah, I thought that that was the right thing to do for me professionally and my family’s been really supportive. My wife was very supportive.“So, I got here right here. So, I have never seen her and I simply hold seeing her photos and I’m all the time on the child digicam. Making certain I do not miss something or any a part of her progress.“So, it’s a difficult thing to do when you’re traveling and playing and you miss each day. It’s not seeing her,” he continued.KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty revealed the child’s identify – Evaarah Vipula Rahul – on social media on the batter’s birthday in April. Explaining the which means of the identify, Athiya wrote that Evaarah comes from Sanskrit, which means ‘reward of God’. Her center identify ‘Vipula’ was given to honour her maternal grandmother and the final identify comes after her father.