India, Oct. 30 -- Former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid and Olympic medal-winning badminton great Saina Nehwal have been nominated by the Sports Ministry as athlete representatives in the proposed Organising Committee for the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad.

The OC is expected to be headed by Gujarat's Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, who also holds the sports portfolio, and will have representation from the Indian Olympic Association, which is going to polls in December. It will also feature a Commonwealth Games Association of India representative in Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh.

"Yes, Rahul Dravid and Saina Nehwal have been nominated to the proposed Organising Committee. Jinal Mehta and Ananya Birla are the two recommendations ...