Mumbai, 8th March, 2010: Sports Illustrated, the bible of sports world-wide celebrated its annual Sports Illustrated Power list in association with Toyota and Gitanjali Lifestyle with a grand ceremony to felicitate the 50 most influential people in Indian sport, on the 8th of March at the stunning Poolside Lawns, Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
As a special gesture on International Women’s Day, the most powerful woman on the list, Preity Zinta, looking ravishing in a purple dress, was presented with a diamond studded cricket ball containing 3600 diamonds by Mr. Mehul Choksi, CMD, Gitanjali Group. Mr Choksi also presented the master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar with a gold bat and the stylish Sania Mirza with a gold tennis ball!
The list of the top 50 was collated by Sports Illustrated after in-depth research and keeping in mind the sort of Power, Influence and Popularity these names command in the sports arena. The Sports Illustrated cover story for February 2010 – “The Power List” was an exhaustive review on these super influencers and the reasons behind their selection.
Through these awards, Sports Illustrated India salutes not only the achievements of athletes who have become household names in India and the world, but also the influence of people associated with sport like TV Moguls, TV Network Executives, administrators and coaches.
The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the No. 1 influencer in India, followed by IPL Chairman Lalit Modi at second spot and liquor baron Dr. Vijay Mallya in third. Following closely behind are Sharad Pawar, M S. Dhoni, Shashank Manohar and MS Gill, among others
The event hosted by Atul Wassan saw Indian sport’s most influential people getting together to be felicitated for their fantastic achievements. Some of the greatest names in Indian sport were present at the power-packed event including Sania Mirza, Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra, among others. The most influential names associated with Indian sport were also be present at the event including, WSG’s President Venu Nair, Churchill Alemao and Shrinivas Dempo.Setting the glittering evening soaring were Bollywood queens and IPL team owners Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty with husband, Raj Kundra. The suave set of Mumbai gathered to congratulate and be a part of this high octane evening, including Rahul Bose, Dino Morea, Queenie Singh, Simone Singh and Fahad Samar, Poonam Dhillon, Arti and Kailiash Surendranath, AD and Sabina Singh, Sharmila Khanna, Leena Singh, Nisha Jamwal to name a few
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