List of National Sports Award recipients in cricket

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 29th August each year along with the national adventure award. As of 2020, 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.[1]

National Sports Awards in Cricket
Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
Awarded forVarious sports honour of India
Sponsored byGovernment of India
LocationRashtrapati Bhavan
CountryRepublic of India
Presented byPresident of India
First awarded1961
Last awarded2020
Highlights
Total awarded67
Awards

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[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][1]

Recipients

As of 2020, 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.[5] He was presented with the Arjuna Award in the year 1994 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in the year 1997–1998.[1] 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.[5]

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.[1] In 2016, a sport biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on his life was released.[6]

The third recipient, Virat Kohli, is the current captain of the India national team. Since October 2017, he has been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world and is currently 2nd in Test rankings.[7][8]

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1997–1998 Sachin Tendulkar Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
2007 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
2018 Virat Kohli Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
2020 Rohit Sharma Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
1961 Salim Durani Arjuna AwardMale
1964 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Arjuna AwardMale
1965 Vijay Manjrekar Arjuna AwardMale
1966 Chandu Borde Arjuna AwardMale
1967 Ajit Wadekar Arjuna AwardMale
1968 E. A. S. Prasanna Arjuna AwardMale
1969 Bishan Singh Bedi Arjuna AwardMale
1970 Dilip Sardesai Arjuna AwardMale
1971 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Arjuna AwardMale
1972 B. S. Chandrashekhar Arjuna AwardMale
1972 Eknath Solkar Arjuna AwardMale
1975 Sunil Gavaskar Arjuna AwardMale
1976 Shantha Rangaswamy Arjuna AwardFemale
1977–1978 Gundappa Viswanath Arjuna AwardMale
1979–1980 Kapil Dev Arjuna AwardMale
1980–1981 Chetan Chauhan Arjuna AwardMale
1980–1981 Syed Kirmani Arjuna AwardMale
1981 Dilip Vengsarkar Arjuna AwardMale
1982 Mohinder Amarnath Arjuna AwardMale
1983 Diana Edulji Arjuna AwardFemale
1984 Ravi Shastri Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Shubhangi Kulkarni Arjuna AwardFemale
1986 Sandhya Agarwal Arjuna AwardFemale
1986 Mohammad Azharuddin Arjuna AwardMale
1989 Madan Lal Arjuna AwardMale
1993 Kiran More Arjuna AwardMale
1993 Manoj Prabhakar Arjuna AwardMale
1994 Sachin Tendulkar Arjuna AwardMale
1995 Anil Kumble Arjuna AwardMale
1996 Javagal Srinath Arjuna AwardMale
1997 Sourav Ganguly Arjuna AwardMale
1997 Ajay Jadeja Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Rahul Dravid Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Nayan Mongia Arjuna AwardMale
2000 Venkatesh Prasad Arjuna AwardMale
2001 VVS Laxman Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Virender Sehwag Arjuna AwardMale
2003 Mithali Raj Arjuna AwardFemale
2003 Harbhajan Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Anju Jain Arjuna AwardFemale
2006 Anjum Chopra Arjuna AwardFemale
2009 Gautam Gambhir Arjuna AwardMale
2010 Jhulan Goswami Arjuna AwardFemale
2011 Zaheer Khan Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Yuvraj Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2013 Virat Kohli Arjuna AwardMale
2014 Ravichandran Ashwin Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Rohit Sharma Arjuna AwardMale
2016 Ajinkya Rahane Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Harmanpreet Kaur Arjuna AwardFemale
2017 Cheteshwar Pujara Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Smriti Mandhana Arjuna AwardFemale
2019 Ravindra Jadeja Arjuna AwardMale
2019 Poonam Yadav Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Deepti Sharma Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Ishant Sharma Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Tarak Sinha + Dronacharya AwardMale
2019 Sanjay Bhardwaj + Dronacharya AwardMale
1986 Desh Prem Azad Dronacharya AwardMale
1987 Gurcharan Singh Dronacharya AwardMale
1990 Ramakant Achrekar Dronacharya AwardMale
2004 Sunita Sharma Dronacharya AwardFemale
2016 Rajkumar Sharma Dronacharya AwardMale

Reference
  1. "List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees (1991–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. "Revised Scheme of Arjuna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 7 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. "Scheme for Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. "Scheme for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 23 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. "Sachin Tendulkar". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. "MS Dhoni". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. "ICC player rankings". ESPNCricinfo. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  8. "Virat Kohli reclaims No.1 Test rank after Steve Smith's poor run vs Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-11-27.

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