Virat Kohli congratulates his coach on getting Dronacharya Award

Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma among 6 awardees

India's Test captain Virat Kohli. (AP)

 

 

New Delhi: India's Test captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday congratulated his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma on being selected for the Dronacharya award.

"Congratulations Raj Kumar Sir. All the hard work behind the bigger picture never gets noticed," Kohli, who is in the West Indies, tweeted.

Congratulations Raj Kumar Sir.

All the hard work behind the bigger picture never gets noticed. (1/2)

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 23, 2016

"I am delighted for you on getting the Dronacharya Award," the skipper added.

I am delighted for you on getting the Dronacharya Award (2/2)

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 23, 2016

Sharma will receive the award from President Pranab Mukherjee at  a function here on August 29. The other coaches who will be conferred the honour are Nagapuri Ramesh (athletics), Sagar Dayal (boxing), Bishweshwar Nandi (gymnastics), S Pradeep Kumar (swimming) and Mahabir Singh (wrestling).

Dronacharya is conferred on coaches who produce medal winners at prestigious international sports events. The awardees will receive statuettes, certificates and cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh each.