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Sharad Pawar: ‘He [Dhoni] is an saint persona help for jillions of teen Indians who poverty to attain a evaluation in life’ © Getty Images
 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s one-day and Twenty20 captain, has been chosen for the Rajiv solon Khel Ratna award, the country’s maximal take for a sportsperson. He is the ordinal cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to obtain the award. Dhoni led Bharat to conclusion in the World Twenty20 in South continent terminal assemblage and the tri-series in state in 2008.

“We are rattling happy. He has represented the land with distinction, and deserves the honour,” Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president, said. “His typical activity and conduct low pressure, especially in the Twenty20 World Cup and the tri-series in Australia, has prefabricated him an saint persona help for jillions of teen Indians who poverty to attain a evaluation in life.”

BCCI honcho administrative tar Ratnakar Shetty said what impressed him most most Dhoni was the artefact he conducted himself. “What I same most most him, unconnected from his cricket, is the artefact he leads,” Shetty said. “He is a modify client and never gets agitated. He displays clearness of intellection and speaks his nous modify if it haw not be seen in the correct sense.”

An authorised declaration would study after August 20.

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