Rahul Dravid, an Arjuna Awardee in 1998, was a candidate for the Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna this year but was left out. BCCI did nominate Dravid but sent his name too late, much after the May
31 deadline, in fact on July 17. The BCCI said they were "sorry" that
Dravid had ...

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