Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang, who notched up four gold medals at last year's Commonwealth Games, is all set to be conferred with the country's highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. He has been recommended for the honour by the awards selection committee on Friday. Indian pace bowler Zaheer Khan has been picked for Arjuna award along with 18 other sports persons. The 32-year-old fast bowler, who is currently in England for the ongoing Test series, has taken 271 wickets in cricket's longer format at an average of 31.94. Other prominent sports men who have made it to the list include Rajpal Singh for Hockey, Ravi Kumar from Gymnastics, Bharat Chettri for Football and Rahul Banerjee for archery. The selection panel for the awards was headed by sprint legend P T Usha and comprised, among others, tennis ace Leander Paes, hockey icon Ashok Kumar, ace woman boxer M C Mary Kom, shooter Anjali Bhagwat and national squash coach Cyrus Poncha.
News On AIR | July 22, 2011 4:11 PM
Gagan Narang bags Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award