The BCCI has decided to recommend women’s cricket great Mithali Raj and premier spinner R Ashwin for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, country’s highest sporting honour.

For the Arjuna Award, the Board will send the names of senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul and pacer Jasprit Bumrah. “No women cricketer has been nominated for Arjuna. Mithali’s name has been recommended for Khel Ratna,” a BCCI official said. It remains to be seen if Mithali is chosen by the Sports Ministry-appointed panel in an Olympic year.