Fast bowlers who performed brilliantly in the ODI World Cup Mohammed Shami Arjuna Award while badminton men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been nominated for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
Mohammed Shami had performed brilliantly in the World Cup
33-year-old fast bowler Mohammed Shami had performed brilliantly in the ODI World Cup. India lost to Australia in the final of this tournament. According to Sports Ministry sources, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a special request to include Shami’s name in the list. Earlier his name was not included in the list of players nominated for the country’s second highest sports award. Shami took the most wickets in the ODI World Cup. He had taken 24 wickets in only seven matches. After being out of the first four matches, when Shami got a chance, he took full advantage of it. He can now play in the upcoming two test match series against South Africa.
Apart from Shami, 16 other players got Arjun Award
Apart from Shami, 16 other players have also been nominated for the Arjuna Award. These include men’s hockey players Krishna Bahadur Pathak and Sushila Chanu, archers Ojas Praveen Deotale and Aditi Gopichand Swamy, boxer Mohammad Hussamuddin, chess player R Vaishali, golfer Diksha Dagar, shooter Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, wrestler Anant Panghal and table tennis player Ayhika Mukherjee. .
Dronacharya Award- Ganesh Prabhakaran (Mallakhamb), Mahavir Saini (Para Athletics), Lalit Kumar (Wrestling), RB Ramesh (Chess) and Shivendra Singh (Hockey) have been nominated for the Dronacharya Award for coaches.
Dhyan Chand Award- Kavita (Kabaddi), Manjusha Kanwar (Badminton) and Vineet Kumar Sharma (Hockey) have been nominated for the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award.
12-member committee formed to decide Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and Arjun Award
The Sports Ministry has constituted a 12-member committee to decide this year’s Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award. Retired Supreme Court judge AM Khanwilkar is the head of this committee. Apart from him, hockey player Dhanraj Pillay, former table tennis player Kamlesh Mehta, former boxer Akhil Kumar, female shooter and current national coach Shuma Shirur, former cricketer Anjum Chopra, badminton player Trupti Murgunde and powerlifter Farman Pasha are also included in the committee.
The list of nominees for various awards is as follows:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (badminton).
Arjuna Award: Mohammed Shami (cricket), Ajay Reddy (visually impaired cricket), Ojas Praveen Deotale, Aditi Gopichand Swamy (archery), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Parul Chaudhary and M Sreeshankar (athletics), Mohammed Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess). ), Divyakriti Singh and Anush Agarwal (horse riding), Deeksha Dagar (golf), Krishna Bahadur Pathak and Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pinky (lawn ball), Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Anand Panghal (wrestling), Ayhika Mukherjee ( Table Tennis).
Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award: Kavita (Kabaddi), Manjusha Kanwar (Badminton) Vineet Kumar Sharma (Hockey).
Dronacharya Award: Ganesh Prabhakaran (Mallakhamba), Mahavir Saini (Para Athletics), Lalit Kumar (Wrestling), RB Ramesh (Chess), Shivendra Singh (Hockey).