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MS Dhoni nominated for Padma Bhushan award by BCCI

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Nimrat Kaur
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MS Dhoni nominated for Padma Bhushan award by BCCI
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been nominated by the Indian Cricket team for the country’s third highest civilian award — the Padma Bhushan. Board has only sent one name for the Padma awards this year, and it was a unanimous decision to nominate India’s most successful captain, a senior BCCI official confirmed. publive-image “Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been nominated by the BCCI for the Padma Bhushan award. There was no doubt among the members that Dhoni has impeccable credentials. Two World titles (2011 50-over World Cup and 2007 World T20), nearly 10,000 runs, 90 Test matches. There is no one better than him, who could have been nominated,” a senior BCCI official said on conditions of anonymity. The 36-year-old has scored 9,737 runs in 302 ODIs besides 4876 runs in 90 Test matches. He has also played 78 T20 Internationals, notching up 1212 runs. He has 16 international hundreds (6 in Tests and 10 in ODIs) to his basket along with 100 international half-centuries. Dhoni will become the 11th Indian cricketer to get the third highest civilian honour if he is conferred with Padma Bhushan. Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Chandu Borde, Prof DB Deodhar, Col CK Nayudu, and Lala Amarnath, are among some of the notable international cricketers, who have received Padma Bhushan. -PTC News-
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