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Virat Kohli recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has recommended Test captain Virat Kohli for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country’s highest sporting honour, and Ajinkya Rahane for the Arjuna Award

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has recommended Test captain Virat Kohli for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country’s highest sporting honour, and Ajinkya Rahane for the Arjuna Award this year.

If Kohli is bestowed the honour, he will become only the third cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar and the Mahendra Singh Dhoni to do so. It is after a gap of four years that a cricketer has been recommended for the Khel Ratna.

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