Indian team’s star fast bowler Mohammed Shami was honored with the Arjuna Award on Tuesday for his excellent performance. Shami looked very emotional after receiving the award.
The President of India, Mrs. Draupadi Murmu honored him with this award. After receiving the award, he said, ‘It is like a dream come true. People spend their whole lives, but are not able to win this award. I am happy that my name has been nominated for the Arjun Award.
Successful former captain of the Indian team, MS Dhoni is the only captain in the world to win three major ICC trophies. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been awarded many big awards including Padma Bhushan and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, but the surprising thing is that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has never won the Arjuna Award.
Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India has won the titles of ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ODI World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013). Apart from this, India became number one in Test for the first time in 2009.
Former Indian team batsman Suresh Raina was the first Indian batsman to score a century for India in all three formats of cricket (Test, ODI and T20 International). Suresh Raina holds the record of scoring more than 6,000 runs in IPL and T20 International combined. However, despite this, Suresh Raina has not been honored with the Arjuna Award.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who was a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, has never won the Arjuna Award. Krishnamachari Srikkanth holds the record of scoring 2,062 Test runs and 4,091 ODI runs.
Former Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra was also never awarded the Arjuna Award. Everyone remembers Ashish Nehra’s memorable bowling spell in World Cup 2003 (6/23). Ashish Nehra has taken 157 wickets for India in ODIs, 44 in Tests and 34 wickets in T20 Internationals.