Nagpur: Former India stumper Saba Karim will grace the Bankers’ Sports Council (BSC) annual awards function to be held on March 25 at Narayani Memorial hall, MKH Sancheti Public School and Junior College, Hindustan Colony, Wardha Road, Nagpur at 5.30 pm.
Addressing a press conference Rahul Joshi, Secretary, BSC, said that around 14 sportspersons from the city apart from winners of various BSC tournaments will be rewarded during the function.
Vijay Lokpally, former Deputy Editor, The Hindu will be the special guest. Chess queen WGM Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur will be rewarded with the Late V V Naik Trophy for her outstanding performance throughout the year, informed Joshi.
Similarly, Vidarbha Under-23 captain Mandar Mahalle, basketball organiser Shiv Chhatrapati award winner Shatrughna Gokhale. Khushroo Poacha, chess player Sheetal Panbude, Smita Thakare, Adv Bhanudas Kulkarni, Vidarbha Ranji coach Usman Ghani, handball player Harpreet Singh Randhawa, basketball player Gunjan Mantri, carrom player Nikhil Lokhande will be the awardees.
BSC Vice-President Sharad Padhye, Treasurer Rajesh Joshi and others were also present during the press conference.