BCCI this year hasn’t forwarded any name for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honour for active sportspersons in the country, since the cricket board didn’t find any fitting cricketer for the award.
BCCI has recommended dashing batsman Virat Kohli’s name for the Arjuna Award while legendary opener and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar’s name has been recommended for the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement.
‘BCCI hasn’t sent any names for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as it didn’t find anyone fit to get the award this year. There is absolutely no point in sending a recommendation just for the sake of it. BCCI found out Virat Kohli and Sunil Gavaskar are the two deserving names for Arjuna and Dhayn Chand award,’ a senior BCCI official said on Thursday.