Pullela Gopichand recommends HS Prannoy for Arjuna Award
Indian shuttler H S Prannoy has been beneficial for the Arjuna award by chief nationwide badminton coach Pullela Gopichand after the Badminton Association of India ignored him for a second successive yr because of disciplinary points.
On June 2, BAI had beneficial Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Sameer Verma for Arjuna award, leaving out Prannoy which prompted the shuttler to specific his displeasure on Twitter.
“Same old story. Guy who has medals in CWG and Asian Championships not even recommended by the association. And guy who was not there on any of these major events recommended. #waah #thiscountryisajoke,” Prannoy had mentioned in his now-deleted tweet.
It has emerged now that Prannoy’s identify was beneficial by Gopichand on June three in his capability as a Khel Ratna Award recipient.
“Gopichand recommended Prannoy for Arjuna on June 3 after BAI decided not to send his name. He did it as a winner of Khel Ratna and not as the chief India coach. He was not aware of the disciplinary issues,” a supply near the event advised.
Gopichand, nonetheless, refused to touch upon the problem, whereas Prannoy did not reply regardless of repeated calls.
On Friday, Prannoy was served a showcause discover asking him to reply for his outburst towards BAI inside 15 days.
“There are several instances of disciplinary issues with Prannoy. The Federation had been very tolerant all this while but in the recent past, his attitude has forced BAI to take action and also relook at the disciplinary policies,” BAI secretary Ajay Singhania had mentioned.
“A show-cause letter has been issued for the remarks made. If the player fails to respond in the allotted time, BAI will be taking stern action.”
The governing physique was not pleased with Prannoy and his teammate Kidambi Srikanth for not enjoying the semifinal of the Asian Team Championship at Manila and as an alternative leaving for Barcelona to play in one other occasion. India had misplaced the semifinal however completed third within the competitors in February.
The BAI beneficial Srikanth for the Khel Ratna award on Friday after the highest Indian shuttler apologised for pulling out of a event halfway.
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