Virat Kohli: Sports awards stepping stone to recognise & honour talent

second edition of Virat Kohli-backed Indian Sports Hours will be held on Friday when top performers in 17 sporting disciplines will be felicitated. annual ceremony, which was supposed to be held in February, was postponed as a mark of respect to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans, who were martyred in Pulwama in a terrorist attack.

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Athletes to be houred for perseverance

initiative has backing of Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-SG Group and India captain Kohli. winners of 11 categories (Jury Hours) were decided by ISH Jury members, which comprised sporting champions such as Pullela Gopichand, Abhinav Bindra, Sardar Singh, Mahesh Bhupathi, P T Usha, and Anjali Bhagwat.

Apart from Jury Hours, re are six 'Popular Choice Hours' and winners were decided through an online voting process on Twitter. minations in all categories were shortlisted by 200 journalists from Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI).

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Awards will be a stepping stone to encour talent: Virat Kohli

"I always believe that sports is an integral part of every individual's life starting from school and eventually translating to supporting ir favourite athletes on TV and during sporting events. I am confident that se awards are a stepping stone which will furr encour talent to excel in ir own category of sports," Kohli said.

Goenka, on his part, said: "We are thrilled to host second edition of Indian Sports Hours. Indian athletes showcase hard work and perseverance consistently to put India on world map for ir sport. 

"It is very important for us to recognise and celebrate se athletes in order to motivate m to continue ir excellent performances." Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli is currently leing with  most run-scorer in IPL with more than 5,412. He h also produced some astonishing innings.

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