The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday recommended India captain Virat Kohli’s name for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna honour. The board also recommended former India captain Rahul Dravid for the prestigious Dronacharya award and legendary Sunil Gavaskar for the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement award.
“Yes, we have sent a number of nominations in various categories to the government. Rahul is the BCCI nominee for the Dronacharya award,” CoA Chief Vinod Rai told.
Dravid has been nominated for successfully guiding the India U-19 team to 2018 ICC Cricket World Cup title earlier this year. Under his guidance, the U-19 batch of 2016 played the final of the ICC World Cup. As per Kohli’s nomination for Khel Ratna, it has been learned that BCCI has nominated the Indian captain him for the second time. Kohli’s name was sent in 2016 but being the Olympic year, the three stars of Rio, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Deepa Karmakar were conferred with the award.
As for as Gavaskar is concerned, his contribution in Indian cricket has been unquestionable.
