Arjuna Award is a very prestigious award in the sports category in India. It is the second highest-rated award in sports in India after the Khel Ratna award. Many present Indian cricketers were felicitated with this award and in this article, we will tell you who are active men’s cricketers who are honored with Arjuna Award.
Men’s cricketers who are honored with Arjuna Award
- 2013 – in 2013 Virat Kohli received the award from former Indian president Pranab Mukherji.
- 2014 – thesecond cricketer on our list who was honored with Arjuna Award is spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin who got this award in 2014.
- 2015 – present Indian captain and one of the finest openers in world cricket, Rohit Sharma was honored with the Arjuna Award in 2015.
- 2016 – former Indian test captain and a very fine test batsman, Ajinkya Rahane was named as the Arjuna Award winner in 2016.
- 2017 – another very fine test batsman, Cheteshwar Pujara who is also considered as one of the best test batsmen India has ever produced was honored with the award in 2017.
- 2019 – World No.1 ranked all-rounder; Ravindra Jadeja was honored with the Arjuna Award in 2019.
- 2021 – in 2021 two present cricketers were honored with the glory. Those individuals were, legendary left-handed opening batsman, Shikhar Dhawan, and a very fine right-arm fast bowler Ishant Sharma.
- 2023 – in 2023 it was a fast bowler who received the award. It was World Cup sensation, Mohammad Shami who received the Award from president Droupadi Murmu.
