Harmanpreet, Pujara, Thangavelu In Arjuna Awards List

Dec 13, 2017 at 2:11 PM

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Harmanpreet, Pujara, Thangavelu In Arjuna Awards List

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur and Cheteshwar Pujara along with Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu were among 17 sportspersons selected for the prestigious Arjuna Awards this year.

Former India hockey team captain Sardar Singh and Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia have been shortlisted for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

The decision was arrived at a meeting of the Arjuna Awards and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award selection committee which met here on Thursday. Virat Kohli Is A Good Batsman But Not In The Same League As Tendulkar, Dravid: Mohammad Yousuf

Jhajharia has won gold medals in two consecutive Paralympics. The Rajasthan athlete won gold in the men’s javlin F46 category in Rio de Janeiro last year. He created a new world record at Rio with a throw of 63.97 metres.

The 36-year-old had also finished at the top of the podium at the 2004 Athens Games in the men’s javlin F 44/46 category. He also won gold at the 2013 World Championships.

Jhajharia is the first para-athlete to be recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Will Take a Call on Dhoni-Yuvraj After Discussing with Kohli-Shastri: MSK Prasad

Thangavelu won gold in the men’s high jump T-42 category at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He was earlier awarded the Padma Shri in January this year.

Harmanpreet was rewarded for her performance at the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup. The experienced batter smashed an unbeaten 171 runs off just 115 balls to help India beat the formidable Australia in the semi-finals.

That innings made Harmanpreet the record holder for the highest individual score for India at the women’s World Cup. It is also the the second-highest score by an Indian batter in women’s one-day internationals, behind Deepti Sharma’s 188.

Pujara, currently playing his 50th Test match in Sri Lanka, has been in good form with the bat in recent times. He became the third quickest Indian batsman to reach 4,000 Test runs during his 50th match in the longest format which is currently underway in Colombo.

The other names in line for the Arjuna Award are reigning Asian champion Rajiv Aarokiya, Saketh Myneni, V.J. Shweta, Khushbir Kaur, Prashanti Singh, S.V. Sunil, S.S.P. Chaurasia, Satyavrat Kadian, Anthony Amalraj, P.N. Prakash, Jasvir Singh, Laishram Devendro Singh, Bimba Devi and Varun Bhati.

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