India Vs Ireland, T20 Series: MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva is Hardik Pandya's biggest cheerleader and fan; see video
Indian skipper Virat Kohli would be keen to sweep their second win when they play the 2nd T20 International against Ireland at Dublin in the Malahide Village on Friday.
India has won the series by a margin of 2-0. The mixed combination of pace and spin proved quite fruitful for India ahead of England Tour.
After the brilliant knock against Ireland, Hardik Pandya took to Instagram and thanks MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva Dhoni for getting his form back.
India will now travel to England for a 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 5 Test match series.
On instagram he shared a video of Dhoni's daughter Ziva, with the caption, "Oh I think that I found myself a cheerleader ?? ?????????? @zivasinghdhoni006 ??????Video courtesy: @sakshisingh_r.
The video was shot by MS Dhoni's wife and Ziva's mum Sakshi.The 3-year old Ziva was seen cheering for the right handed-batsman. "Come on! Come on, Hardik," Ziva cited in the video.
Gary Wilson's led Ireland team have won the toss and elected to field first. From the Indian side Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar and MS Dhoni have given rest ahead of long UK Tour.
While from the Ireland side players like Stuart Poynter, Joshua Little, Andy McBride has given rest.
In the second T20 international game, the Indian team management is likely doing the experiments in the team although they have already done experiments in the first T20I game. Suresh Raina came at no three to bat.
Indian Squad:
Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Siddarth Kaul, Yuzvendra Chahal
Ireland Squad:
Paul Stirling, James Shannon, William Porterfield, Andrew Balbirnie, Gary Wilson (c & wk), Simi Singh, Kevin O Brien, Stuart Thompson, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin, Peter Chase.
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First published: 30 June 2018, 15:26 IST