The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has determined to ship the names of off-spinner R Ashwin and Indian ladies’s cricket crew captain Mithali Raj for this 12 months’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Other than this, the names of KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah and Shikhar Dhawan have been despatched for the Arjuna Award.
Chatting with ANI, sources within the know of developments confirmed the names. “We had an in depth dialogue and it was determined to ship within the names of Ashwin and ladies’s Check and ODI skipper Mithali’s title for the Khel Ratna. We’re recommending Dhawan once more for the Arjuna whereas we can even recommend the names of Rahul and Bumrah,” the supply informed ANI.
Final 12 months, Staff India’s vice-captain Rohit Sharma, para athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu, desk tennis champion Manika Batra, feminine wrestler Vinesh Phogat and hockey participant Rani Rampal had been honored with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Other than Rohit, quick bowler Ishant Sharma and ladies’s cricket crew member Deepti Sharma had been chosen for the Arjuna Award.
Earlier, the Sports activities Ministry had determined to increase the final date for submission of functions for the upcoming Nationwide Sports activities Awards 2021. On this, the ministry prolonged it by every week until July 5.
Nationwide sports federations had been earlier requested to ship functions by June 28. Many NSFs together with Tennis, Boxing and Wrestling have despatched functions, whereas now BCCI has additionally despatched them. The Odisha authorities has reportedly advisable title of Dutee Chand for the Khel Ratna award.