Awards to 26 players including Mohammed Shami, these two players will get Khel Ratna
The Indian Sports Awards for the year 2023 have been announced. Two players from badminton have been selected for India’s biggest award ‘Khel Ratna’ in the field of sports.
Badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be awarded the Khel Ratna. So Mohammed Shami will be honored with ‘Arjun Award’. 26 players including Shami have been selected for the Arjuna Award this year.
Satwik-Chirag Shetty made name in badminton
In badminton, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have brought glory to India across the world. This badminton pair won a historic victory for the country in the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
Mohammed Shami’s brilliant performance in World Cup 2023
So Muhammad Shami performed brilliantly in cricket in the World Cup 2023. He also became the bowler taking the highest wickets in this year’s World Cup. Apart from this, players of total 19 different sports including boxing, archery, wrestling will be honored with awards.
Awards to 28 players including Mohammed Shami
Khel Ratna Award: Chirag Shetty (Badminton) and Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy (Badminton)
Arjun Awards: Ojas Praveen Deotale and Aditi Gopichand Swamy (Archery), Mohammed Hussamuddin (Boxer), Sreeshankar and Parul Chaudhary (Athletics), R Vaishali (Chess), Anush Agarwal (Equestrian), Divyakriti Singh (Equestrian Dressage), Mohammed Shami ( Cricket), Diksha Dagar (Golf), Pawan Kumar and Ritu Negi (Kabaddi), Krishna Bahadur Pathak and Sushila Chanu (Hockey), Pinky (Lawn Balls), Nasreen (Kho-Kho), Harinder Pal Singh (Squash), Aishwarya Pratap. Singh Tomar and Isha Singh (Shooting), Sunil Kumar and Last (Wrestling), Ayhika Mukherjee (Table Tennis), Roshibina Devi (Wushu), Ajay Kumar (Blind Cricket), Sheetal Devi (Para Archery), Prachi Yadav (Para Canoeing).
Will you get an award on this day?
A special program is organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the National Sports Awards. Where players are honored by giving awards. In such a situation, this program will be organized on 9 January 2024.
