The Indian Sports Honours Has Been Postponed, Confirms Virat Kohli

In the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, India captain Virat Kohli has confirmed that the Indian Sports Honours has been postponed.  The RP-SG Indian Sports Honours was scheduled to take place on Sunday night. The annual award show was started in 2018 as a joint venture by Kohli and Chairman of RP-SG Group Sanjiv Goenka. Kohli and Goenka had jointly partnered to create the platform to honour exceptional performances.

However, with the whole nation in a state of grief, the organisers have decided against hosting the show.  The nation was rocked by a gruesome heinous terrorist attack on Thursday.  In one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s three decades of militancy, a suicide bomber from the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus in Pulwama district, killing at least 40 personnel and leaving many critically wounded.

Sanjiv Goenka and @imVkohli are deeply pained at the recent unfortunate event in Pulwama and express their solidarity to the families of the Martyrs. They have hence decided to postpone the 2nd edition of the ISH which was scheduled for 16th Feb19 in Mumbai, to a later date.

— Indian Sports Honours (@sportshonours) February 15, 2019

The bus was on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Lethpora town, about 30 km from Srinagar when the attack took place. The entire nation is in a state of shock as well as furious following the gruesome attack. The whole of India is condemning the attack and paying tribute to the fallen brave souls. The cricketing fratnerity has also come forward to pay tribute to the martyrs.

The likes of Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and other players have condemned the attack in addition to paying tribute to the fallen souls.

And in a heartwarming gesture, Kohli has now confirmed that the Indian Sports Honours 2019 will not go ahead as scheduled as a mark of respect to the martyrs. Kohli took to Twitter to confirm the news, writing:

“The RP-SG Indian Sports Honours has been postponed. At this heavy moment of loss that we all find ourselves in, we would like to cancel this event that was scheduled to take place tomorrow.”

The RP-SG Indian Sports Honours has been postponed. At this heavy moment of loss that we all find ourselves in, we would like to cancel this event that was scheduled to take place tomorrow.

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 15, 2019