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India's One-Day and Twenty20 cricket captain MS Dhoni will be awarded the country's highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Dhoni becomes only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar. Official announcement would follow only after August 20. Among other prominent sportspersons to have won the honour are Vishwanathan Anand (chess), Leander Paes (tennis), Geet Sethi (billiards), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (shooting) and Dhanraj Pillay (hockey). Rahul Dravid didn't get Khel Ratna and Yuvraj (Singh) was denied Arjuna.
India's One-Day and Twenty20 cricket captain MS Dhoni will be awarded the country's highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Dhoni becomes only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar. Official announcement would follow only after August 20. Among other prominent sportspersons to have won the honour are Vishwanathan Anand (chess), Leander Paes (tennis), Geet Sethi (billiards), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (shooting) and Dhanraj Pillay (hockey). Rahul Dravid didn't get Khel Ratna and Yuvraj (Singh) was denied Arjuna.