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“Hopefully Stadiums Will Be Named After Sportsmen” – Irfan Pathan After Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Rechristened As Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

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“Hopefully Stadiums Will Be Named After Sportsmen” – Irfan Pathan After Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Rechristened As Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

Former Team India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has welcomed the move to rename Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after hockey legend Dhyan Chand. One of the highest sporting honours in the country will now be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

The change was announced by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who expressed that he got requests from many people across the country which made him change the name. Welcoming the move, Irfan Pathan also called for the need of sports stadiums to be named after sportsmen.

Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Irfan Pathan wrote:

“Absolutely welcome this move. Sportsman getting recognition and award being named after him or her. Hopefully start of many such things in sports. Hopefully in the future sports stadium names will be after sportsmen too.”

Apart from Irfan Pathan, former Indian cricketers including Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir also hailed the decision made by the Government. The announcement came shortly after the semifinal between the Indian women’s hockey team and Great Britain in the Olympics this morning (August 6).

World’s largest cricket ground  was named recently after PM Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi Stadium

Most recently, the world’s largest cricket ground in Ahmedabad was named after Narendra Modi. Before, the Feroz Shah Kotla was renamed after famous politician Arun Jaitley. Also, former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi together have ten prominent stadiums named after them.

It remains to be seen whether the Government of India acts on this and renames the sporting arenas after eminent sports personalities.


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