Published: Feb 08, 2015, 06:58 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 08, 2015, 07:20 PM (IST)
MS Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni named their new-born Daughter Ziba. It is a Persian word, which means beauty. According to some reports the Indian captain confirmed this to his teammates during a party which was arranged by the team management to celebrate the birth of skipper’s first child. Earlier his wife Sakshi gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital. The 33-year-old cricketer became a father for the first time after his daughter was born at Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon in the evening.
The baby weighs 3.7 kgs, according to the doctors. Dhoni is currently busy preparing for India’s title defence at the World Cup in Australia. Sakshi is generally seen travelling with his husband on tours but she didn’t travel with Dhoni during the Australia tour. Dhoni had tied the knot with childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat on July 4, 2010.
Dhoni is currently with the Indian team in Australia, with the 2015 World Cup mere days away. India play their first match against arch-rivals Pakistan at Adelaide. India have never yet lost to Pakistan in a World Cup match, having won all five encounters so far, in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, and most recently in the semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2011. This will be the sixth time India and Pakistan will face each other in World Cup.
(With Inputs from PTI)
