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Arjuna award for Cricket: Know all cricketers who have been honored with it

Arjuna award for Cricket

The Arjuna Award is given in recognition of outstanding achievements in Sports and Games, serving as a prominent sports honour in India. The award is named after the Mahabharata character Arjuna. The award is an annual honour presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. It stands as the second-highest sporting accolade in India, after the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. The personality who receives the award is chosen by a committee formed by the Ministry.

Also, the recipients of the Arjuna Award are recognized for outstanding international sports performance over four years, demonstrating commendable qualities such as leadership, sportsmanship, and discipline. The award comprises a bronze Arjuna statuette, an official certificate, ceremonial attire, and a monetary prize of? 15 lakh.

The award was introduced to honour exceptional athletes in the nation from the year 1961. Over time, there have been various changes in the award criteria. The latest revision in 2018 specifies that the award is conferred only in disciplines included in events such as the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championship, and World Cup, and also covers Cricket, Indigenous Games, and Parasports. The inaugural recipient was former Indian all-rounder Salim Durani in 1961, while Shantha Rangaswamy made history in 1976 as the first female cricketer to receive this prestigious honour.

Now, let’s look at the list of cricketers who have been recipients of the Arjuna Award over the years in recognition of their outstanding contributions at the international level;

Arjuna Award for Cricket: Look at the Full List

YearWinnerGender
1961Salim DuraniMale
1964Mansoor Ali Khan PataudiMale
1965Vijay ManjrekarMale
1966Chandu BordeMale
1967Ajit WadekarMale
1968E. A. S. PrasannaMale
1969Bishan Singh BediMale
1970Dilip SardesaiMale
1971Srinivasaraghavan VenkataraghavanMale
1972B. S. ChandrashekharMale
1972Eknath SolkarMale
1975Sunil GavaskarMale
1976Shantha RangaswamyFemale
1977–1978Gundappa ViswanathMale
1979–1980Kapil DevMale
1980–1981Chetan ChauhanMale
1980–1981Syed KirmaniMale
1981Dilip VengsarkarMale
1982Mohinder AmarnathMale
1983Diana EduljiFemale
1984Ravi ShastriMale
1985Shubhangi KulkarniFemale
1986Sandhya AgarwalFemale
1986Mohammad AzharuddinMale
1989Madan LalMale
1993Kiran MoreMale
1993Manoj PrabhakarMale
1994Sachin TendulkarMale
1995Anil KumbleMale
1996Javagal SrinathMale
1997Sourav GangulyMale
1997Ajay JadejaMale
1998Rahul DravidMale
1998Nayan MongiaMale
2000Venkatesh PrasadMale
2001VVS LaxmanMale
2002Virender SehwagMale
2003Mithali RajFemale
2003Harbhajan SinghMale
2005Anju JainFemale
2006Anjum ChopraFemale
2009Gautam GambhirMale
2010Jhulan GoswamiFemale
2011Zaheer KhanMale
2012Yuvraj SinghMale
2013Virat KohliMale
2014Ravichandran AshwinMale
2015Rohit SharmaMale
2016Ajinkya RahaneMale
2017Harmanpreet KaurFemale
2017Cheteshwar PujaraMale
2018Smriti MandhanaFemale
2019Ravindra JadejaMale
2019Poonam YadavFemale
2020Deepti SharmaFemale
2020Ishant SharmaMale
2021Shikhar DhawanMale

 

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