MUMBAI: The third Mahindra Scorpio Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) powered by All-Out, is India's first and largest multi discipline sports awards.
TOISA
is a platform created by the Times Group to recognise and reward Indian sporting talent and achievements on a global scale and will be held tonight to honour the lion hearts who have done the country proud.
ALSO READ: When the ultimate sports jury picked the best of Indian sportUnlike 2016, the last year was not an Olympic one but there were many individuals and teams that won accolades for the country in 2017; among solo performances, there was shuttler
Kidambi Srikanth's historic four Superseries titles; PV
Sindhu
's ascendancy to No 2 in the women's rankings; the untiring Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami broke international cricket records; shooter
Ankur Mittal
delivered India several medals on his way to the No 1 rank in the double trap;
Pankaj Advani extended his international titles count to 18; and eternal fighter MC Mary Kom returned to the boxing ring to reclaim the title of Asian champion.
On the team front, the men's and women's hockey teams won the Asia Cup; the women's cricket team reached the final of the ICC World Cup; the men's cricket team had its most successful year ever; and
Sunil Chhetri's football unit marched on unbeaten all year while breaching the 100 mark in the FIFA rankings.
And then there were those brave hearted para-athletes who won medals at the prestigious World Para Athletics Championships.
ALSO READ: Events like TOISA celebration of athlete's year-long hard work, says EdbergThe jury for this year's Mahindra Scorpio TOISA is chaired by Arjuna Award and Khel Ratna recipient
Abhinav Bindra, who won India's first individual Olympic gold in 2008, and comprises Gautam Gambhir, India's third most successful Test opener and two-time World Cup winner, football legend
Bhaichung Bhutia
, double Paralympic gold medal winner
Devendra Jhajharia, track and field star Reeth Abraham, who won three gold medals and one silver at the international level, along with the Chief Editor of Times Internet Ltd, Rajesh Kalra, who is also a member of the PM's task force on the preparations for the next three Olympics.
Read this story in BengaliIt is a jury whose credibility cannot be questioned and whose stature, reputation, honesty and record would turn the exercise into the gold standard of judging Indian sport in 2017.
To top it all off, egging them all on will be tennis icon
Stefan Edberg
, a former World No 1 who won six Grand Slams, who will be there as the mentor of this edition of the event.
If the first two TOISA events set a benchmark for such awards in India, the Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2018 will surpass that. Come, join us in celebrating the best of Indian sport.
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