Former India hockey captain Dilip Tirkey became a father with his wife Meera giving birth to a male child at Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela earlier on Monday. The baby weighed 2.8 kg when born. Fans, friends and relative congratulated the couple, who got married two and half years ago. PHOTO: Dilip Tirkey with his wife Meera on the occasion of their marriage day in 2007.