9. MS Dhoni winning Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007
MS Dhoni received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award – the country’s highest honour for a sportsperson in 2008. The Jharkhand-born cricketer led India to victory in the World Twenty20 in South Africa last year and the tri-series in Australia in 2008.
He was then the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to receive the award.