AITA to Nominate Ankita Raina, Divij Sharan for Arjuna Award and Nandan Bal for Dhyan Chand Award
Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan (Picture Credit score: PI and Twitter)
AITA is ready to recomend Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan are for the Arjuna award and in addition ship Nandan Bal’s title for the Dhyan Chand award.
- PTI
- Remaining Up to date: Would possibly 17, 2020, 12:55 PM IST
Asian Video games medal winners Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan are set to be nominated for the Arjuna award via the nationwide tennis federation, which plans to ship former Davis Cup trainer Nandan Bal’s title for the Dhyan Chand honour.
The 27-year-old Ankita had gained a girls’s singles bronze medal on the 2018 version of the Asian Video games and in addition dished out a robust efficiency within the Fed Cup, the place she performed a key position in India’s qualification to the Global Workforce play-offs for the primary time.
Delhi-lad Sharan had gained gold medal within the males’s doubles match in Jakarta at the side of compatriot Rohan Bopanna. He additionally become India’s most sensible doubles participant in October 2019 sooner than Bopanna took again the placement.
The 34-year-old additionally gained two ATP titles within the 2019 season — Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune with Bopanna and at St. Petersburg with Igor Zelenay.
“They’re eligible and maximum deserving this 12 months for the Arjuna honour. We can suggest their nomination,” All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) Secretary Common Hironmoy Chatterjee advised PTI.
Ankita grabbed the highlight along with her gritty efficiency throughout the 2018 Fed Cup the place she remained unbeaten in singles.
Since then she has turn out to be India’s splendid singles participant at the WTA and ITF circuit, profitable six USD 25okay degree titles and in addition completed a career-best singles rank of 160 in March this 12 months.
At this 12 months’s Fed Cup, Ankita performed 8 suits in 5 days, profitable two singles and 3 an important doubles video games with the seasoned Sania Mirza to assist India qualify for the play-offs for the primary time.
Bopanna used to be the ultimate tennis participant to get the Arjuna award in 2018.
The AITA remains to be deliberating whether or not Bal’s software be despatched for Dronacharya award or Dhyan Chand award, which is supposed to honour lifetime contributions.
“We’re considering which class is better-suited for Nandan,” mentioned Chatterjee.
On the other hand, dependable resources within the All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) advised PTI that Bal’s software will likely be despatched for the Dhyan Chand honour.
Bal, 60, gave the impression in Davis Cup between 1980-83, enjoying two ties with a 2-1 win-loss file. He remained India’s Davis Cup trainer for a few years.
Until date, handiest 3 tennis avid gamers have were given the Dhyan Chand honour — Zeeshan Ali (2014) , SP Misra (2015) and Nitin Kirtane (2019).
No tennis trainer has ever were given a Dronacharya award.
