Virat Kohli gets Arjuna Award, list of Arjun Awardees in Cricket
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of INR 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
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The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of INR 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Arjun Awardees in Cricket
| S.No. | Year | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Saleem Durani |
| 2 | 1964 | Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi |
| 3 | 1965 | Vijay Manjrekar |
| 4 | 1966 | Chandu Borde |
| 5 | 1967 | Ajit Wadekar |
| 6 | 1968 | E.A.S. Prasanna |
| 7 | 1969 | Bishan Singh Bedi |
| 8 | 1970 | Dilip Sardesai |
| 9 | 1971 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan |
| 10 | 1972 | Eknath Solkar |
| 11 | 1972 | B.S. Chandrashekhar |
| 12 | 1975 | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 13 | 1976 | Shanta Rangaswamy |
| 14 | 1977-78 | Gundappa Vishwanath |
| 15 | 1979-80 | Kapil Dev Nikhanj |
| 16 | 1980-81 | Chetan Chauhan |
| 17 | 1980-81 | Syed Kirmani |
| 18 | 1981 | Dilip Vengsarkar |
| 19 | 1982 | Mohinder Amarnath |
| 20 | 1983 | Diana Edulji |
| 21 | 1984 | Ravi Shastri |
| 22 | 1985 | Shubhangi Kulkarni |
| 23 | 1986 | Mohammad Azharuddin |
| 24 | 1986 | Sandhya Agarwal |
| 25 | 1989 | Madan Lal |
| 26 | 1993 | Manoj Prabhakar |
| 27 | 1993 | Kiran More |
| 28 | 1994 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 29 | 1995 | Anil Kumble |
| 30 | 1996 | Javagal Srinath |
| 31 | 1997 | Ajay Jadeja |
| 32 | 1997 | Sourav Ganguly |
| 33 | 1998 | Rahul Dravid |
| 34 | 1998 | Nayan Mongia |
| 35 | 2000 | B.K. Venkatesh Prasad |
| 36 | 2001 | VVS Laxman[4] |
| 37 | 2002 | Virender Sehwag |
| 38 | 2003 | Harbhajan Singh |
| 39 | 2003 | Mithali Raj |
| 40 | 2005 | Anju Jain |
| 41 | 2006 | Anjum Chopra |
| 42 | 2009 | Gautam Gambhir |
| 43 | 2010 | Jhulan Goswami |
| 44 | 2011 | Zaheer Khan |
| 45 | 2012 | Yuvraj Singh |
| 46 | 2013 | Virat Kohli |
