SJAN to fete Lalit, Mona, Raunak,
Malvika and Taywade on Nov 5
Vidarbha pacer Lalit Yadav, Indian woman cricketer Mona Meshram, promising chess player Raunak Sadhwani, budding badminton player Malvika Bansod and noted sports organiser Babanrao Taywade will be honoured by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and Raisoni Group of Institutions during the annual awards function on November 5 at Hotel Centre Point, Ramdaspeth.
SJAN’s annual award function will be attended by badminton legend Prakash Padukone. Chairman of Raisoni Group Sunil Raisoni will preside over the function. MLA Sameer Meghe, Suresh Sharma of Baidyanath, DGM of Bank of Maharashtra Anand Kothiwan will also grace the function.
Besides individual sportspersons, Swamiranayan School and RS Mundle Dharampeth College will be awarded for their contributions to the field of sports.
Lalit, who is the quickest in Vidarbha after his idol Umesh Yadav, has taken 30 wickets at an impressive average of 21.93 with the help of three five-wicket hauls in his maiden season in 2016-17. His five-wicket hauls came against former champions Karnataka and Rajasthan and former runners-up Maharashtra. Lalit will get GH Raisoni Trophy for best senior sportsman.
Mona, an Indian batsmwoman, was a part of the Indian team that reached the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs. She will receive GH Raisoni Trophy for best senior sportswoman.
Raunak made headlines when at the 2016 National Juniors (Under-19) he finished third ahead of many competitors who were nearly twice his age. He won the bronze medal at under-10 Asian Youth 2015 in South Korea. At the Commonwealth Under-10 gold medal at New Delhi, 2015. He will be honoured with GH Raisoni Trophy for Best Junior Sportsperson.
Malvika Bansod started the season winning both U-17 and U-19 girl’s singles titles at Karad in the Maharashtra Junior State Badminton Championship. She became the first girl from Maharashtra to win two singles titles in a single tournament. She repeated the record breaking feat at Nagpur in July. Maharashtra Badminton Association had sent her to Indonesia for advanced training camp. She represented India in Junior Asian Championship and Junior World Championship. She will receive Baidyanath Trophy for best junior female player.
Taywade will be honoured with Meeradevi Dasture Trophy for promoting sports. Taywade played a key role in developing infrastructure for sports at Dhanwate National College and Taywade College of Physical Education in Koradi. He is at the helm of affairs in various sporting bodies. Under his guidance DNC has been organising Inter-College Sports Festival for last several years.
Swaminarayan School will receive Centre Point School trophy for the promotion of sports. RS Mundle Dharampeth College will get KC Bajaj Memorial Trophy for their services to the sports.