
Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj on Saturday was adjudged 'Sportsperson of the Year'.
Ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu bagged the best senior male and female athletes at the Telangana Sports Journalists Association annual awards for 2017 here today.
Mithali Raj was not present to receive the award and her parents received it on her behalf from B V Papa Rao, Advisor to the Telangana government.
Former BCCI president N Shivlal Yadav gave away the 'best senior male athlete' award to Srikanth while tennis star Sania Mirza presented the 'best senior female athlete' award to Sindhu.
Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman presented 'best coach of the year' award to Gopichand, who received this award for second time in a row, an Association release said.
Ace gymnast B Aruna Reddy was honoured with the outstanding achievment award at the event, the release added.