Mithali Raj was not present to receive the award and her parents received it on her behalf from B V Papa Rao, Advisor to the Telangana government.
Former BCCI president N Shivlal Yadav gave away the ‘best senior male athlete’ award to Srikanth while tennis star Sania Mirza presented the ‘best senior female athlete’ award to Sindhu.
Former Indian cricketer V V S Laxman presented ‘best coach of the year’ award to Gopichand, who received this award for second time in a row, an Association release said.
Triple Olympian and former national hockey player N Mukesh Kumar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the event.
National selection committee chairman M S K Prasad, who gave away the ’team of the year’ award to Hyderabad Cricket team, urged the youngsters to play it fair.
“Play the game fairly. I urge all the upcoming sports persons to play sport within the sport,” he said, according to the release.
Papa Rao urged for reforms in federations.
Ace gymnast B Aruna Reddy was honoured with the outstanding achievment award at the event, the release added
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