“5 Khel Ratnas, are you kidding me?” – Heena Sidhu questions 2020 Khel Ratna award nominations


“5 Khel Ratnas, are you kidding me?” – Heena Sidhu questions 2020 Khel Ratna award nominations

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Heena Sidhu

Ace Indian Shooter Heena Sidhu has raised questions over this year’s nomination for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award. The players who will receive the National Sports Awards 2020 were selected on August 18.

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Former cricketer Virender Sehwag and former hockey captain Sardar Singh were included in the committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge, Mukundam Sharma to select the nominees.

This year, for sports’ biggest honor – Khel Ratna, the committee selected Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Rani Rampal, and Mariyappan Thangavelu for the Khel Ratna, while 29 players comprising Ishant Sharma were nominated for the Arjuna Award.

Questioning these nominations on Twitter, Sidhu wrote, “5 Khel Ratnas, are you kidding”.

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Sidhu’s husband and coach Ronak Pandit also took to Twitter and wrote, “Last year vinesh and manika denied khel ratna but awarded this year over same achievements… Funny! What changed in one year… Aaah! The committee..”.

Sidhu is a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist and also has an Asian Games silver medal in her jackpot. Besides, She has also won two gold medals in the World Cup.

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