Delhi's Tarak Sinha, coach of wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant who made his Test debut last month, has been recommended for the Dronacharya Award. Current and former Indian cricketers like Shikhar Dhawan, Ashish Nehra and Aakash Chopra had also trained under Sinha at his Sonnet Cricket Club. Further, Srinivasa Rao, father of table tennis player Sharath Kamal, has also been recommended.