MUMBAI: The Cricket Board has recommended India's ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honor for any sportsperson in the country.

BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said the board has already forwarded its recommendation to the Sports Ministry. "Yes, we have forwarded Dhoni's name for the country's highest sports award for 2007," Shetty told PTI.

Under Dhoni, India won the tri-series in Australia and also the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. In case Dhoni manages to win the award, he would be the second cricketer to get the honor, following Sachin Tendulkar, who won it in 1997-98.

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