Mohammed Shami led all wicket-takers in the Cricket World Cup 2023 with 24 in seven games.
Mohammed Shami, a star pacer for the Indian cricket team, received the Arjuna Award on Tuesday. Shami has been playing quite well lately. At the Cricket World Cup 2023, he took the most wickets with 24 in seven games, setting a new record. Shami, who is presently recuperating from an ankle ailment, was present to accept the honors, and the audience rightly recognized his accomplishments by bestowing upon him and his artwork the position of honor and a standing ovation.
“I am overjoyed that the President has bestowed upon me the esteemed Arjuna Award today. I would want to express my gratitude to everyone who has supported me throughout my highs and lows and helped me go this far. Special thanks go out to my coach, BCCI, teammates, family, and admirers.I appreciate you recognizing my efforts.I’ll always do my hardest to represent my nation with pride… Once more, I want to thank everyone. Mohammed Shami congratulated the other Arjun Award winners in an Instagram post.
“Mubarak ho lala,” Virat Kohli congratulated Mohammed Shami.
“The next two tournaments and series are important, so I want to be as healthy as I can. At a sports ministry banquet yesterday night, he told PTI, “I will concentrate on fitness.
The elder sister of chess prodigy R. Praggnanandhaa, R. Vaishali, the recently crowned Grandmaster, was also showered with praise.
Vaishali was recognized to become the nation’s third female general manager, following Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika.
Athlete Parul Chaudhary, boxer Mohammad Hussamuddin (who placed third in last year’s world championship), and wrestler Antim Panghal (a previous junior world champion and bronze medalist at the senior tournament) were among the other sports luminaries selected for the Arjuna award this year.
Chess coach RB Ramesh, who trained Praggnanandhaa, is one of the year’s significant Dronacharya awards.
A monetary prize of Rs 15 lakh is awarded for the Arjuna and Dronacharya awards, and a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh is given for the Khel Ratna.
Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (badminton) are the beneficiaries of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2023.
Arjuna Awards: Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery), Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Murali Sreeshankar (athletics), Parul Chaudhary (athletics), Mohammad Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Mohammed Shami (cricket), Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey), Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pawan Kumar (kabaddi), Ritu Negi (kabaddi), Nasreen (kho-kho), Pinki (lawn bowls), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Esha Singh (shooting), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis), Sunil Kumar (wrestling), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (blind cricket), Prachi Yadav (para canoeing).
