Xtra Time Web Desk: Team India speedster Mohammed Shami is among 17 sportspersons who has been reportedly nominated for this year’s Arjuna Award. According to reports Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made a special request to include Shami, who was initially omitted from the list of nominees for the prestigious sporting award. Shami’s remarkable contributions for Indian cricket team’s success during the recent ICC Cricket World Cup has led to his potential inclusion.
Star badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been nominated for this year’s Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
16 other sports persons have also been nominated for the Arjuna Award, which include the likes of Krishna Bahadur Pathak (men’s hockey), Sushila Chanu (women’s hockey), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis) and others.
There are five nominations for the Dronacharya award. They are Ganesh Prabhakaran, Mahavir Saini, Lalit Kumar, RB Ramesh and Shivendra Singh. Meanwhile, there are three for the Dhyan Chand Lifetime award.
Here ais the complete list of nominations-
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (badminton).
Arjuna Award: Mohammed Shami (cricket), Ajay Reddy (blind cricket) Ojas Pravin Deotale, Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Parul Chaudhary and M Sreeshankar (athletics), Mohd Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Divyakriti Singh and Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pinky (lawn ball), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis).
Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award: Kavita (kabaddi), Manjusha Kanwar (badminton) and Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey).
Dronacharya Award: Ganesh Prabhakaran (mallakhamb), Mahavir Saini (para athletics), Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess), Shivendra Singh (hockey).