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MS Dhoni and Sakshi name their daughter
The Indian captain and his wife Sakshi name their daughter.
Published: Feb 09, 2015, 01:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 11, 2015, 11:32 AM (IST)
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and wife Sakshi have named their daughter Ziva, according to sports.ndtv.com. The name Ziva means beauty in Persian.
Sakshi gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital in Gurgaon on Friday. According to reports, the baby was due in March but was born almost a month earlier. The delivery happened through a c-section. The couple had been consulting at Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) for the past few months and was last spotted at the hospital mid-November last year.
Dhoni is currently busy preparing for India’s title defence at the World Cup in Australia. India lost their first warm-up match and against Australia on Sunday and they play their next match against Afghanistan on Tuesday before their first match against Pakistan on February 15.
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Sakshi who is generally seen travelling with her husband on tours but did not travel with Dhoni during the recently concluded Australian tour. Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat on July 4, 2010.