Virender Sehwag named in the 12-member committee to pick Khel Ratna & Arjuna awardees

FORMER INDIA SKIPPER Virender Sehwag and champion athlete PT Usha have been named in a 12-member committee, which will pick this year’s Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awardees. 

The Committee, to be headed by Justice (Retd) C K Thakkar, will meet on August 3 to select this year’s awardees. As reported by PTI, the other members of the committee are Mukund Killekar (boxing), Sunil Dabbas (Kabaddi), M R Mishra (Journalist), S Kannan (Journalist), Sanjeev Kumar (Journalist), Latha Madhvi (Para athlete), Anil Khanna (sports administrator), Injeti Srivastava (DG, SAI) and Rajvir Singh (Joint Secretary, Sports Ministry) as the other members.

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