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India captain Virat Kohli and girlfriend Anushka Sharma stole the show at the Indian Sports Honours in Mumbai on Saturday. Kohli and Anushka walked hand-in-hand and got clicked before entering the event. As Kohli and and Anushka stole the limelight, there were many more sports and B-town personalities. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
The 29-year old Virat Kohli looked dashing in a navy-blue suit while the Bollywood diva Anushka was seen in a red pantsuit. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Anushka Sharma has recently launched her brand called 'Nush'. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
India are about to begin the three-Test series against Sri Lanka on November 16 and Virat ensured to spend his free time with girlfriend Anushka. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Rajeev Shukla also graced the event and posed for the photographers with his family at the red carpet. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Apart from Virat Kohli, Indian cricketers Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, R Ashwin and Kedar Jadhav were also there in attendance. Other sports fraternities to attend were: Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal, Mahesh Bhupathi, Satnam Singh, Anjali Bhagwat, PT Usha, Sania Mirza, Rani Rampal, Harmanpreet Singh, Deepika Thakur, Gurjit Kaur, Heena Sidhu, PV Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi amongst others. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Several Bollywood celebrities also attended the awards. Sushant Singh Rajput, Riteish Deshmukh, Malaika Arora, Sidharth Malhotra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sanjay Kapoor, Sohail Khan, Seema Khan and Nandita Mahtani were amongst the guests.
Harsh Goenka, who continues to be in the news for his controversial tweetsx, poses for the photographers. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Sanjeev Goenka who along with Kohli initiated these awards is all smiles at the red carpet event. (Source: Express Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra, who recently bid adeau to international cricket, was spotted with his wife Rushma Mehra.
Former Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan attended the India Sports Honours awards with fiance Sagarika Ghatge.
Sania Mirza, who was also in attendance, spoke on 'Women of the Year' award and said, “I think we’ve had so many great women achievers in the last one year or so. So it's a tough pick. So it is going to be interesting to see.”
Paralympic silver-medalist Deepa Malik also attended the Indian Sports Honours. She won silver medal in shot put at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
(From left to right) HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth attended the award ceremony. The Indian badminton trio have had a great year and have brought laurence to the country. “It's been a fantastic year so far, so I really want to finish off this year well. An award is definitely a good recognition for any sports person and I think, it definitely helps everybody to do well and inspire people,” said Srikanth.
Indian badminton national coach and former player Pullela Gopichand was among the sports fraternities.
Indian spinner R Ashwin was among the cricketers to attend the awards. Ashwin will be seen in whites against Sri Lanka. He has been phenomenal with the red ball for India.
Indian football skipper Sunil Chhetri has taken Indian football to another level. Under Chheti's captaincy, India have secured qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Hardik Pandya, who has been in pulsating for in the past year and a half, for Mumbai Indians and the country, posed for a picture alongside Bollywood star Aamir Khan.
PV Sindhu posed backstage after winning an award at the Indian Sports Honours in Mumbai. (Source: Instagram)
Saina Nehwal wore a spectacular gown at the Indian Sports Honours. (Source: Instagram)
