Name the Indian cricketer who was nominated for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by BCCI in April 2016.

2016

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A	Virat Kohli
B	Ajinkya Rahane
C	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D	Zaheer Khan

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -As per Kohli’s nomination for Khel Ratna, it has been learnt that BCCI has nominated the Indian captain him for the second time. Kohli’s name was sent in 2016 but being the Olympic year, the three stars of Rio, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Deepa Karmakar were conferred with the award.

Detailed explanation-2: -The BCCI has decided to recommend women’s cricket great Mithali Raj and premier spinner R Ashwin for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, country’s highest sporting honour. For Arjuna Award, the Board will send the names of senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was ignored last year, K L Rahul and pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Detailed explanation-3: -Virat Kohli and Ms. Smriti Mandhana for being honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and the Arjuna Award respectively.

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