Kohli nominated for Arjuna Award, Gavaskar for Dhyanchand Award

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has nominated star batsman Virat Kohli for the Arjuna Award for 2012, according to media reports.

Kohli has been brilliant for India in all formats of the game and is also having a fine campaign in the ongoing Indian Premier League as Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper.

Sunil Gavaskar has been nominated for the Dhyanchand Award for his lifetime achievement in the sport. Gavaskar was the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.

There was a communication lapse between the BCCI and the sports ministry last time out, but this time the cricket board has sent in their nominations before the deadline — 30 April.

Reports also say that the two nominations received for the Khel Ratna award were of Paralympian HN Girisha and hockey player Sandeep Singh. Girisha’s silver medal-winning effort in high jump at the London Paralympic Games fetched him the Padma Shri earlier this year.