Both Bhaker and Harvinder, who were among India’s standout performers in Paris Olympics and Paralympics respectively, have been critical of this year’s shortlist for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker was reportedly snubbed from the Khel Ratna nominees list. Manu's father reacted to the reports and said that he should have made his daughter a cricketer and not a shooter.

Manu Bhaker's father revealed what the twin medal winner from the Paris Olympics told him when her name wasn't shortlisted for the Rajv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award is India’s highest sporting award. Manu Bhaker became independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the 2024 Olympics.

Manu Bhaker, the star Indian shooter who won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been snubbed for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Her father Ram Kishan Bhaker has now criticized the snub. He said he regrets pushing his daughter into shooting and that cricket would have been a more rewarding option. Here are further details.

Manu Bhaker trolled after acknowledging that it was a lapse on her part that led to her exclusion from Khel Ratna Award nominees.