BCCI nominates 4 players for Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday nominated India opener Rohit Sharma for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020 while pacer Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and India women’s cricketer Deepti Sharma have been nominated for the Arjuna Awards.

The board released an official statement in this regard. The players have been nominated as per the guidelines mentioned by the sports ministry, who had sought invitations for the respective awards with the period of consideration beginning January 1, 2016 till December 31, 2019.

Rohit became the first player in the history to score five ODI centuries in a single edition of the World Cup. He was also named the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2019. He holds the record of becoming the first player to score twin centuries in his maiden Test appearance and the first batsman to score four T20I centuries.

 

Meanwhile, Rohit’s opening partner Shikhar holds the record to score the fastest century in red-ball cricket on debut. He is also the only batsman in the world to have to won consecutive golden bats in the ICC Champions Trophy. Among other records, Dhawan is the quickest Indian batsman to complete 2000 and 3000 runs in the 50-over format and the second-fastest from the country to score 4000 and 5000 runs in the same format.

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/bcci-nominations-khel-ratna-arjuna-awards-rohit-sharma-shikhar-dhawan-ishant-sharma-deepti-sharma-6434785/

 

 

JUST IN : The BCCI nominates Mr @ImRo45 for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020 while Mr @ImIshant, Mr @SDhawan25 and Ms @Deepti_Sharma06 have been nominated for Arjuna Awards.

More details here - https://t.co/s0n0LfvyfF pic.twitter.com/deDRBGVBRv

— BCCI (@BCCI) May 30, 2020

[Gollum]

Rohit Sharma dosn't deserve <change the *ing name> Khel Ratna, period. 

 

Started in 1991 when Vishy Anand was the first to receive it. Since then only the following cricketers have been given the honour:

 

Sachin (1st cricketer in 1997-98)

Dhoni

Kohli

 

No Kapil (played till 1994), Kumble, Dravid, Sehwag, Dada, Laxman, Yuvraj etc. More than half of them were never nominated by BCCI, even stalwarts like Kumble, Kapil, Sehwag who will be in AT Indian XI. Sorry Rohit is out of place on that list, hope he is edged out.

 

One can argue that he is better than a few other sportspersons who have been given the award, but in cricket there must be a more fair process, sans involvement of sponsors and the Buntys of the world. Now @rkt.india and @maniac won't like to hear this, one likes opposing just for the sake of it, the other is a Sharma bhakt, bring it on !!!!

Edited June 1, 2020 by Gollum

[Gollum]

 

Every damn thing (stadiums, bridges, roads, govt hospitals/colleges, airport terminals, govt schemes....) in India named after those fake Gandhis: Nehru, IG, RG. 

 

Modi must rename this award after an Indian sporting legend: Dhyan Chand, Balbir Singh Sr, KD Jadhav, Amritraj, Paes, Malleswari, Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar...so many candidates. 

 

Congrats Ro

 

[Gollum]

4th cricketer to get India's highest sporting honour...started in 1991 when Viswanathan Anand was the first recipient

 

1998 Sachin

2007 Dhoni

2018 Kohli

2020 Rohit

[SK_IH]

I am a big fan of Rohit but certainly he does not deserve Khel Ratna award. 

[Gollum]

Just now, SK_IH said:

I am a big fan of Rohit but certainly he does not deserve Khel Ratna award. 

Come to think of it, Dhoni received it in 2007, merely 3 years after debut which was premature. Had he got it post 2011 WC win it would have been acceptable. I have no idea about the process of selection. Kapil played till 1994, he wasn't worthy? Or so many other big names of Indian cricket? 

[Gollum]

@maniac no celebration/gloating from your side? 

Edited August 29, 2020 by Gollum

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

@maniac no celebration/gloating from your side? 

He got beat up in fields by CSK fans other day. Please let him recover 

[gattaca]

The cutoff for cricketers should be much higher. Only once in a generation talent should get these awards. At least they can give these awards to kabbadi, badminton or track athletes. The other sportspersons had to compete against all odds and paid very little compared to cricketers.

Edited August 29, 2020 by gattaca

[Khota]

8 minutes ago, gattaca said:

The cutoff for cricketers should be much higher. Only once in a generation talent should get these awards. At least they can give these awards to kabbadi, badminton or track athletes. The other sportspersons had to compete against all odds and paid very little compared to cricketers.

Good point.

[Suhaan]

Rohit is disqualified just because he flopped in red ball cricket

People may disqualify dhoni using same parameter,but man has won 3 icc trophies so deserves it

Maybe 4 ipl trophies have prompted Jay Shah to recommend his name to Modi kaka(just joking, don't want to offend people here)

 

I hate the award name, but people will go to kopbhavan if Modi kaka changes its name citing threat to democracy allegations (i apologise again if i offend people yet another time)

Edited August 29, 2020 by Suhaan

[maniac]

Well deserved

 

[maniac]

3 hours ago, Gollum said:

@maniac no celebration/gloating from your side? 

Why? This is the moment where I relax, take a sip of wine with a sense of satisfaction on my face. Self explanatory moment :)

[Suhaan]

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Edited August 29, 2020 by Suhaan

[Gollum]

Can't deny the role of sponsors/brands/agents in Indian cricket these days. A real headache when financial (+ other misc) incentives of some individuals override Team India's best interests, case in point being our top 3 personnel/approach in white ball formats. 

[coffee_rules]

Only 4 recipients of this prestigious award for some reason continued by all governments to be named after Rajiv Gandhi. Tendulkar, Dhoni, Kohli and now Rohit

Reward(s)	₹25 lakh (US$35,000)

 

These people are so rich, they should announce to give this taxpayer’s money to charity 

 

Edited August 29, 2020 by coffee_rules

[maniac]

3 Sharmas getting awards. Brahmin lobby? @coffee_rules

[velu]

11 hours ago, SK_IH said:

I am a big fan of Rohit but certainly he does not deserve Khel Ratna award. 

 

he deserves a better award than this stupidly named award 

[gakgupta]

21 hours ago, Gollum said:

 

Every damn thing (stadiums, bridges, roads, govt hospitals/colleges, airport terminals, govt schemes....) in India named after those fake Gandhis: Nehru, IG, RG. 

 

Modi must rename this award after an Indian sporting legend: Dhyan Chand, Balbir Singh Sr, KD Jadhav, Amritraj, Paes, Malleswari, Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar...so many candidates. 

 

Congrats Ro

 

Dhyan Chand would be more appropriate ... isn't it?