India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was today recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's sporting honour, for her oustanding achievements on the badminton court.National sports awards selection committee headed by P T Usha met in New Delhi today and decided to bestow the Khel Ratna on Saina after considering her brilliant performance in the last one year.Saina was awarded the Arjuna Award last year and recently she was chosen as one of the six brand ambassador for the Commonwealth Games which will be held in October. Expressing happiness the World number two Saina Nehwal said national awards gives one a lot of motivation.