Go Papa: Ziva Dhoni leads the cheer for MS Dhoni as CSK battle Delhi Capitals
IPL 2019: Ziva Dhoni enthusiastically cheered on her father as MS Dhoni walked out to bat for Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday.
In Short
- Ziva Dhoni cheered on from the stands as MS Dhoni walked out to bat for CSK on Tuesday
- CSK defeated Delhi Capitals to move to the top of the IPL points table
- MS Dhoni scored 32 not out as CSK beat Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets
Ziva Dhoni was in form as MS Dhoni walked out to bat for Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday. Chasing 148, CSK were given a strong foundation by Shane Watson (44) and Suresh Raina (30).
When Raina fell to Amit Mishra in the 11th over, MS Dhoni walked in at No. 5 and joined Kedar Jadhav to complete the chase. And Ziva, who days ago, got a lesson in linguistics from her famous father, could be seen cheering him on with chants of 'Go Papaaaaa'.
Ziva was born to MS Dhoni and Sakshi in 2015 when Dhoni was gearing up for the World Cup in Australia. He had chosen to be with the team, earning rave reviews from his fans. Under Dhoni, India reached the semi-finals before losing to Australia.
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Ziva Dhoni is already a social media star. During the last IPL, several of her videos went viral.
Go Papaaaaa, says Ziva Dhoni ????@ChennaiIPL #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/aYmHbK9hE0 IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 26, 2019
In one of those videos released in 2018, Ziva could be heard telling someone to call MS Dhoni over so she could hug him. The only problem was that Dhoni was battling severe back pain to score an ubeaten 79 in a tense match against Kings XI Punjab. Ziva was watching from the sidelines.
A year later, Ziva cheered on for her dad from the stands in a much more relaxed game. CSK were well on course for a win when Dhoni walked in to bat on Tuesday.
Chenna Super Kings made a sensational return to the Indian Premier League in 2018 after a two-year ban following the spot-fixing scandal. Labelled Dad's Army, CSK became the second team to win the IPL twice. They have made another good start this year and one would expect more such cute moments from Ziva.