Gujarat govt to honor Yusuf and Munaf with ‘Eklavya Award’

The government of Gujarat will honor two Gujarati cricketers in India’s world cup winning team Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel with ‘Eklavya Award’.

Yusuf is from Vadodara and Munaf is from Bharuch in central Gujarat.

According to Chief Minister Narendra Modi it is Gujarat’s proud privilege to honour the two sons of Gujarat with ‘Eklavya Award’ – highest sports award of the state for bringing pride to the nation.

The award consists Rs. 1 lakh, memento and certificate of honor.

Gujarat government gives Eklavya award of Rs. 1 lakh to sportsman of the state who perform well at national and international level. Others are Rs. 50,000 Sardar Patel award and Rs. 25,000 Sardar Patel Junior award. There are also couple of awards for state level performers. Rs. 20,000 Jaydipsinhji award is for senior sportsman, and for juniors, there’s Rs. 10,000 award.