Ishant among 29 recommended for Arjuna Award


PTI, Aug 18, 2020, 4:49 PM IST

New Delhi: India pacer Ishant Sharma was on Tuesday, August 18 named in a 29-strong list of athletes recommended for this year’s Arjuna award by the sports ministry’s selection committee.

Male recurve archer Atanu Das, women’s hockey team player Deepika Thakur, cricketer Deepak Hooda and tennis player Divij Sharan have also been recommended for the award, an official source told PTI after the selection committee’s meeting here.

The 31-year-old Ishant has played 97 Tests and 80 ODIs for India, grabbing over 400 international wickets.

It has also been learned that Olympic bronze-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik and former world champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu to have got the committee’s nod but the final decision has been left on sports minister Kiren Rijiju as both the women are former Khel Ratna awardees.

While Sakshi won the Khel Ratna in 2016 for her Olympic bronze in the Rio Olympics, Mirabai was conferred with the honor in 2018 along with India captain Virat Kohli for her world championship gold medal

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