Dhoni recommended for Khel Ratna
Posted on Jul 08, 2008 at 20:06 | Updated Jul 09, 2008 at 10:46
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Mumbai: The Cricket Board has recommended India's ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honour for any sportsperson in the country.
BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said the Board has already forwarded its recommendation to the Sports Ministry.
"Yes, we have forwarded Dhoni's name for the country's highest sports award for 2007," Shetty said.
Under Dhoni, India won the tri-series in Australia and also the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.
In case Dhoni manages to win the award, he would be the second cricketer to get the honour, following Sachin Tendulkar, who won it in 1997-98.
The President will give away the award, along with Arjuna and Dronacharya awards, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29.
Since its inception, the list of Khel Ratna awardees also include Viswanathan Anand (chess), Geet Sethi (billiards), K Malleswari (weightlifting), Leander Paes (tennis), N Kunjarani (weightlifting), Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (athletics), Dhanraj Pillay (hockey), P Gopichand (badminton), Abhinav Bindra (shooting), Anjali Bhagwat (shooting), Anju Bobby George (athletics), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (shooting), Pankaj Advani (billiards & snooker) and Manavjit Singh (shooting).
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Posted By M.K.DAMODARAN
Dhoni has been nominated for Khel Ratna on Monday.
Monday stands in symbolism to the planet Moon.Number 2 stands in symbolism
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Posted By MADAN
Its totally rubish and BCCI HAS BECOME MAD HOUSE AND FULL OF DIRTY POLITICS. dHONI BEING THE YES MAN OF
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Posted By Vidhushak !!
Why NOT \"Bharat Ratna\" ?? This is how the Authorities pamper sports-persons, making them undo, excel in their chosen fields
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Posted By Dr Nandakumar Moorkath
Yes, why not? Dhoni is the number one Indian cricketer right now and number 2 in world rankings. So every
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Posted By neethuraj56
lolzzzzzz
i can only say.......shame on the part of bcci.....to make such a mockery of the great award.
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