Adorable moment protective pooch tries to keep baby warm by wrapping her in a blanket

Adorable moment protective pooch tries to keep four-month-old daughter of Indian cricketer warm by wrapping her in a blanket

  • Samaira, daughter of cricketer Rohit Sharma, was being guarded by the dog 
  • The pooch kept trying to fling the shawl over her but it would always fall off
  • Won affection of Sharma’s wife, who shared today’s video, from Mumbai, online

This is the heart-melting moment a protective pooch tries to wrap a blanket around a sleeping baby to keep it warm.

After reviewing the best pack in play mattress for his four-month-old Samaira, the daughter of Indian cricket international Rohit Sharma, was being guarded by the family dog who lovingly attempts to insulate the napping infant.

But despite ultimately failing to fling the shawl over the baby with its snout, Ritika Sajdeh, Sharma’s wife, was bowled over by the pup’s adorable efforts and shared today’s video, from Mumbai, on her social media.

Four-month-old Samaira, the daughter of Indian cricket international Rohit Sharma, was being guarded by the family dog in Mumbai today

The 23-second clip shows a brown and white-patched dog with large floppy ears stamping on a white and pink checkered mattress where the baby is fast asleep.

The infant, wrapped in a shawl, is lying on top of another blanket on the bed which is spread out flat beneath it.

So the pup uses its snout to shove the edges of the blanket over the body of the baby to provide an extra layer of insulation.

But each time the dutiful dog shifts the material up and on the baby’s side, it falls back down to the mattress.

The pup uses its snout to shove the edges of the blanket over the body of the baby to provide an extra layer of insulation

But it constantly falls back down on to the mattress

The pup uses its snout to shove the edges of the blanket over the body of the baby to provide an extra layer of insulation, but it constantly falls back down on to the mattress

However, the persistent pooch does not give up and uses more force to try to lift the blanket all the way round.

And although it gently knocks the baby’s head and rolls its body slightly, the baby stirs but does not wake up.

Yet the man behind the camera decided to intervene and his hand can be seen coming into shot to lightly push the dog back and let the young child rest.

Rohit Sharma is the vice captain of the country’s one-day international team and the captain of the Mumbai Indians in the exclusive Indian Premier League.

Rohit Sharma, also the vice captain of India's one-day international team, captains the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League

Rohit Sharma, also the vice captain of India’s one-day international team, captains the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League

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