List Of Arjuna Award Recipients For Cricket...
Arjuna Award is given as a sports honor in India for outstanding performance in sports and games. Arjuna Award for Cricket in India It is given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for outstanding achievements in the field of cricket at the international level. It is India's second highest sports honor after Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
The four awards conferred in cricket are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.
First presented in the year 1961, the award is for the performance of a sportsperson over the last four years with "leadership qualities, good performance, sportsmanship and spirit of discipline". Over the years, there have been many changes in the criteria used for awarding. As per the latest amendment in 2018, the award is given only to the disciplines involved in the events of Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asia Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championship and World Cup, as well as cricket, indigenous sports and parasports.
Currently, the winner of the Arjuna Award gets a bronze statue of Arjuna, a skilled archer and one of the Pandavas from the epic Mahabharata of Indian mythology. The winners of the Arjuna Award receive a certificate, a formal dress and a cash prize of INR 15 lakhs. The honor - which is usually given during the National Sports Day held on 29 August every year.
In cricket, so far 57 players have been honored with the Arjuna Award, including 12 women cricketers. Some notable names to have received the Arjuna Award for cricket include former captains such as Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, and Virat Kohli.
List of Arjuna Award Winners for Cricket in Men's:-
In this list, will list all the cricket players who have been awarded the Arjuna Award.| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Salim Dura |
| 1964 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi |
| 1965 | Vijay Manjrekar |
| 1966 | Chandu Borde |
| 1967 | Ajit Wadekar |
| 1968 | Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas |
| 1969 | Bishan Singh Bedi |
| 1970 | Dilip Sardesai |
| 1971 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan |
| 1972 | Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar and Eknath Solkar |
| 1975 | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 1977-78 | Gundappa Viswanath |
| 1979-80 | Kapil Dev |
| 1980-81 | Chetan Chauhan and Syed Kirmani |
| 1981 | Dilip Vengsarkar |
| 1982 | Mohinder Amarnath |
| 1984 | Ravi Shastri |
| 1986 | Mohammad Azharuddin |
| 1989 | Madan Lal |
| 1993 | Manoj Prabhakar and Kiran More |
| 1994 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 1995 | Anil Kumble |
| 1996 | Javagal Srinath |
| 1997 | Sourav Ganguly and Ajay Jadeja |
| 1998 | Rahul Dravid and Nayan Mongia |
| 2000 | Venkatesh Prasad |
| 2001 | VVS Laxman |
| 2002 | Virender Sehwag |
| 2003 | Harbhajan Singh |
| 2009 | Gautam Gambhir |
| 2011 | Zaheer Khan |
| 2012 | Yuvraj Singh |
| 2013 | Virat Kohli |
| 2014 | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 2015 | Rohit Sharma |
| 2016 | Ajinkya Rahane |
| 2017 | Cheteshwar Pujara |
| 2019 | Ravindra Jadeja |
| 2020 | Ishant Sharma |
| 2021 | Shikhar Dhawan |
List of Arjuna Award Winners for Cricket in Women's:-
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Shantha Rangaswamy |
| 1983 | Diana Edulji |
| 1985 | Shubhangi Kulkarni |
| 1986 | Sandhya Agarwal |
| 2003 | Mithali Raj |
| 2005 | Anju Jain |
| 2006 | Anjum Chopra |
| 2010 | Jhulan Goswami |
| 2017 | Harmanpreet Kaur |
| 2018 | Smriti Mandhana |
| 2019 | Poonam Yadav |
| 2020 | Deepti Sharma |
FAQ
→ Which male player got the first Arjuna Award in cricket?
Ans :- The first winner of the Arjuna Award was former Indian all-rounder Salim Durani who received the award in 1961.
→ Which female player got the Arjuna Award for the first time in cricket?
Ans :- Shantha Rangaswamy became the first woman cricketer to receive this honor in 1976.
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