 The Sports Authority of Gujarat(SAG) currently presides and supervises the sporting activities under the Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department.There have been many successful and popular initiatives undertaken by the SAG to encourage the sports culture in Gujarat, 'Khel Mahakumbh' being a fine example of that.Gujarat has produced many iconic sports players to India such as Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Ankita Raina, Dhyani Dave , Cyrus Poncha and Harmeet Desai.