From Virat Kohli to Anushka Sharma, stars glitter at Indian Sports Honours
“As cricketers we don’t get much awards but it always feels special when you get nominated or you get an award,” said cricket all-rounder Hardik Pandya while the Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri said he looked forward to meeting other sports personalities during the first edition of the Indian Sports Honours (ISH).
The initiative of honouring sportspersons from various fields was launched by Virat Kohli and Sanjiv Goenka’s RPSG recently, and the awards function was held on Saturday evening with personalities from various fields coming together.
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Sania Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy Kumar, Pullela Gopichand, Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi, Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin were among the sports stars present.
Also in attendance were Bollywood stars Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Siddharth Malhotra, Malaika Arora Khan and a few more, besides the host, Virat Kohli.
Looking back at successful year
Kohli was right in his assessment that “the days of being a one-sport country are behind us”. From badminton to football to tennis, a string of Indian sportspersons had a lot to share.
“Definitely it’s been a fantastic year for me so far,” said shuttler Srikanth, the Arjuna Award winner who has won four Super Series titles in 2017.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma attended the inaugural Indian Sports Honours in Mumbai. (Kunal Patil/HT Photo)
“It’s been a great year. To have the rankings (that) we have it is great. Srikanth has been fantastic. Only his performance could overshadow somebody like Prannoy’s, who also has been fantastic,” said national coach, P Gopichand.
Prannoy said the success of players is rubbing off on each other. “With all these guys performing well… that has been a great motivation for the entire batch. Saina, Sindhu are doing well, so it’s a great team effort,” he said.
The initiative of honouring sportspersons from various fields was launched by Virat Kohli and Sanjiv Goenka’s RPSG recently, and the awards function was held on Saturday evening with personalities from various fields coming together.
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Sania Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy Kumar, Pullela Gopichand, Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi, Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin were among the sports stars present.
Also in attendance were Bollywood stars Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Siddharth Malhotra, Malaika Arora Khan and a few more, besides the host, Virat Kohli.
Looking back at successful year
Kohli was right in his assessment that “the days of being a one-sport country are behind us”. From badminton to football to tennis, a string of Indian sportspersons had a lot to share.
“Definitely it’s been a fantastic year for me so far,” said shuttler Srikanth, the Arjuna Award winner who has won four Super Series titles in 2017.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma attended the inaugural Indian Sports Honours in Mumbai. (Kunal Patil/HT Photo)
“It’s been a great year. To have the rankings (that) we have it is great. Srikanth has been fantastic. Only his performance could overshadow somebody like Prannoy’s, who also has been fantastic,” said national coach, P Gopichand.
Prannoy said the success of players is rubbing off on each other. “With all these guys performing well… that has been a great motivation for the entire batch. Saina, Sindhu are doing well, so it’s a great team effort,” he said.
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