Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna News

The Arjuna Award, a prestigious recognition in Indian sports, has eluded some of the cricketing greats despite their extraordinary contributions. Let's delve into the careers of four legendary cricketers who, surprisingly, never received this national honour.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will henceforth be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The Khel Ratna award is the highest sporting honour in the nation. The prestigious award carries a prize money of Rs 25 lakh.

The women’s team, captained by Mithali Raj, recently drew the one-off Test with hosts England and are scheduled to also play a one-off D/N Test against Australia in September beside a white-ball series. Ashwin, who is already an Arjuna awardee like Mithali, has also been a consistent performer for India in Test cricket. He has taken 413 wickets in 79 Tests besides 150 and 42 scalps in ODIs and T20s though he doesn't play for India in the shorter formats.

Paralympic javelin thrower Deepa has bagged a total of 58 national and 23 international medal during her illustrious career.

Congratulatory messages and wishes have been pouring in from everywhere for Indian skipper Virat Kohli who have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Hockey being one of the most physically demanding sports, it gets difficult to cope with the demands on the other side of 30, but Sardar stays hopeful to extend his career to Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Dhyan Chand is arguably the greatest sportsperson that India has ever produced. It is not surprising that the Government decided to celebrate his birthday as the National Sports Day of the country.

Sardar received the Arjuna Award in 2012 and Padma Shri in 2015.

Saina was announced as Huawei’s sub-brand Honor’s India brand ambassador.

Speaking to ANI about the occasion, Vijay Goel called PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik 'Rio Olympics Gold Medallists'.

The mainstay of Indian batting line up, in all three formats, Kohli has been going through a purple patch with the willow.