Chhatrapati awards for Kanitkar, Lakhani

mumbai: test cricketer hrishikesh kanitkar, international bridge player geeta lakhani, international athlete anand menezes, davis cupper mustafa ghouse and world no 2 two carrom player yogesh pardeshi are among the 60 sportspersons to be awarded the shiv chhatrapati sports award for the year 2000-01.the award, which carries rs 25,000 in cash, a citation, trophy and blazer, will be presented on the birth anniversary of chhatrapati shivaji on february 19, at kalidas natyagruha, nashik.mumbai's former international powerlifter sarla shetty is among the dadoji konddeo award winners (for coaches).the others are suresh gujarathi (athletics, pune) and vishnupant dada patil-savardekar (wrestling, sangli).