List of National Sports Award recipients in cricket explained

National Sports Awards in Cricket
Subheader:Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
Awarded For:Various sports honour of India
Sponsor:Government of India
Location:Rashtrapati Bhavan
Country:Republic of India
Presenter:President of India
Firstawarded:1961
Lastawarded:2022
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:71
Award2 Type:Awards

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award., a total of sixty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in cricket. The four awards presented in cricket are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.

First presented in the year 1961, a total of fifty-six individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in cricket for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years First presented in the year 1986, a total of seven coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in cricket for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with two coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 1997–1998, a total of four sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in cricket for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years.

Recipients

, four cricketers have been awarded the highest sporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. The first recipient was Sachin Tendulkar, considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in international competition.[1] He was presented with the Arjuna Award in the year 1994 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in the year 1997–1998. He is also the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket and the first sportsperson to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 2014.

The second recipient, MS Dhoni, is the former captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He was a wicket-keeper and one of the highest run scorers in One Day Internationals of all time. He was presented with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in the year 2007. In 2016, a sport biopic based on his life was released.[2]

The third recipient, is Virat Kohli. He is considered the best batsman of the current generation. A generational talent. Was icc player of the year multiple times. Currently, Kohli is the 6th leading run-scorer of all time with close to 26704 runs, and has notched up 74 international hundreds. In 2020, the ICC had named Kohli the Player of the Decade.

Rohit Sharma, the fourth recipient, the current cricket captain in all formats, hit 264, the highest individual score in ODI format. He also became the first and only cricketer to hit 5 centuries in a single World Cup during 2019 Cricket Cricket Cup.[3] [4] He is also the only cricketer to hit three double centuries in an ODI.[5]

Key
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RecipientAwardGender
1997–1998Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2007Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2018Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2020Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2021Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Female
1961Arjuna Award Male
1964Arjuna Award Male
1965Arjuna Award Male
1966Arjuna Award Male
1967Arjuna Award Male
1968Arjuna Award Male
1969Arjuna Award Male
1970Arjuna Award Male
1971Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Male
1972Arjuna Award Male
1975Arjuna Award Male
1976Arjuna Award Female
1977–1978Arjuna Award Male
1979–1980Arjuna Award Male
1980–1981Arjuna Award Male
1980–1981Arjuna Award Male
1981Arjuna Award Male
1982Arjuna Award Male
1983Arjuna Award Female
1984Arjuna Award Male
1985Arjuna Award Female
1986Arjuna Award Female
1986Arjuna Award Male
1989Arjuna Award Male
1993Arjuna Award Male
1993Arjuna Award Male
1994Arjuna Award Male
1995Arjuna Award Male
1996Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
1997Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
1998Arjuna Award Male
2000Arjuna Award Male
2001Arjuna Award Male
2002Arjuna Award Male
2003Arjuna Award Female
2003Arjuna Award Male
2005Arjuna Award Female
2006Arjuna Award Female
2009Arjuna Award Male
2010Arjuna Award Female
2011Arjuna Award Male
2012Arjuna Award Male
2013Arjuna Award Male
2014Arjuna Award Male
2015Arjuna Award Male
2016Arjuna Award Male
2017Arjuna Award Female
2017Arjuna Award Male
2018Arjuna Award Female
2019Arjuna Award Male
2019Arjuna Award Female
2020Arjuna Award Female
2020Arjuna Award Male
2021Arjuna Award Male
2023Arjuna Award Male
2018Dronacharya Award Male
2019Dronacharya Award Male
2021Dronacharya Award Male
2022Dronacharya Award Male
1986Dronacharya Award Male
1987Dronacharya Award Male
1990Dronacharya Award Male
2004Dronacharya Award Female
2016Dronacharya Award Male

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sachin Tendulkar . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 November 2020 . 29 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201229194525/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sachin-Tendulkar . live .
  2. News: MS Dhoni . 27 November 2020 . The Indian Express . 29 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201229213333/https://indianexpress.com/about/ms-dhoni/ . live .
  3. July 6, 2021 . July 6, 2019: Rohit Sharma becomes 1st batsman to hit 5 hundreds in a single World Cup . 2022-04-05 . India Today . en.
  4. Akshay Ramesh . November 13, 2020 . Rohit Sharma 264: When India star broke the world record for highest individual ODI score . 2022-04-05 . India Today . en.
  5. Web site: ANI. Dec 13, 2021 . On this day in 2017: Rohit Sharma blasted his 3rd double ton in ODIs Cricket News - Times of India . 2022-04-05 . The Times of India . en.

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