Bharat Ratna for Sachin, says Rajiv Shukla

March 19, 2012 16:18

Lauding Sachin Tendulkar for his phenomenal feat of scoring 100 international centuries, BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla today said the cricket icon should be honoured with the country's highest civilian award. "There is a lot more cricket left in him. He should get the highest civilian award," Shukla told reporters at Vidhan Bhawan, after filing papers for the March 30 Rajya Sabha poll as a Congress candidate. "Sachin will score even more centuries," Shukla said.

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