Mumbai: Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was clicked along side wife Sakshi and baby daughter Ziva outside the Ranchi airport on Saturday. The family, who recently attended India’s star left-hander Suresh Raina’s wedding reception looked quite comfortable as they faced the camera.
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Earlier, after Indian skipper made it to India, following the team’s journey in World Cup 2015 ended, pictures of him with a baby were doing the rounds. In fact, a video was also circulated speculating that the kid in the video was none other than, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sakshi’s first child, Ziva.
But all these rumours have been put to rest after Dhoni posted pictures of his baby daughter on his official Facebook page. The skipper looked quite calm as he carried his little daughter in a baby carrier wearing a cool Army cap.
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Sakshi gave birth to couple’s first baby on February 7, a week before the World Cup 2015 began. Their daughter was born at Fortis Hospital. In March, Sakshi had tweeted the first picture of baby Ziva.
Bundle of Joy !! pic.twitter.com/l4NDhdXFR4
— Sakshi Singh Dhoni (@SaakshiSRawat) March 2, 2015According to the doctors, the baby weighed 3.7 kgs at the time of birth. Dhoni was then busy preparing for India's title defence at the World Cup in Australia and could not be present at the time of her daughter’s birth.
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Two days later, on February 9, Sakshi took to Twitter to say that the new born is named Ziva. Ziva, which is a variant of Ziv in Hebrew means radiance, brilliance and light.
Welcome to the world beautiful Ziva! Mumma and Daddy adore you! Thanks for all of the well wishes! #BabyZiva
— Sakshi Singh Dhoni (@SaakshiSRawat) February 9, 2015
