Manika Batra Honoured to Receive Khel Ratna, Considers it ‘Added Responsibility’
Manika Batra was once ecstatic to have received the Khel Ratna. (Photograph Credit score: @ittfworld)
Manika Batra aimed for extra achievements for the rustic after profitable Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
- News18 Sports New Delhi
- Final Up to date: August 22, 2020, 12:55 PM IST
India’s desk tennis sensation Manika Batra expressed her pleasure over being one of the crucial receipients of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Manika, who’s the highest-ranked feminine participant within the nation, is without doubt one of the 3 girls to obtain the award this yr.
Excluding Batra, the Khel Ratna this year goes to Indian girls’s hockey crew captain Rani Rampal, wrestling big name Vinesh Phogat, cricketer Rohit Sharma and Paralympian Mariappan Thangavelu.
Manika stated it was once an honour for her to obtain the award and thanked everybody in her lifestyles for her success. “It is an honour for me to be named as one of the crucial recipients of this yr’s prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
“Initially I want to thank God, the sports activities ministry, the Sports activities Authority of India, Indian Oil Company, my sponsors, IOS, Desk Tennis Federation of India, India khelega – My Coaching centre in Pune,” Manika stated in a remark.
She additional referred to as the award an “added accountability” and stated she sought after to reach a lot more for the rustic. “This award is an added accountability for me to proceed acting neatly and I’m taking a look ahead to convey extra laurels to the rustic.”
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Manika rose to fast repute as she got here the primary Indian girls to win a girls’s singles gold medal on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games. She additionally held the ladies’s crew win their first-ever gold on the CWG. She is lately ranked 63 on the earth however has long past the perfect at 46, in March 2019.
Excluding the 5 Khel Ratna awardees, Arjuna award goes to a complete of 27 sportspersons. The Arjuna awardees are: Atanu Das, Dutee Chand, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Manish Kaushik, Lovlina Borgohain, Ishant Sharma, Deepti Sharma, Sawant Ajay Anant, Sandesh Jhingan, Aditi Ashok, Akashdeep Singh, Deepika, Deepak, Kale Sarika Sudhakar, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary, Madhurika Patkar, Divij Sharan, Shiva Keshavan, Divya Kakran, Rahul Conscious, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Sandeep, Manish Narwal.
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