India awarded Khel Ratna Award to Sania Mirza

India awarded Khel Ratna Award to Sania Mirza

NEW DELHI: Sania Mirza's name was formally endorsed for the pined for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna grant, turning out to be just the second tennis player to be assigned for the most astounding wearing honor. 

The administration additionally named the victors of the 2015 Arjuna Awards. The rundown has 17 games persons including cricketer Rohit Sharma and shooter Jitu Rai. Acrobat Dipa Karmakar, hockey player P R Sreejesh, wrestling team of Bajrang and Babita, competitor M R Poovamma, shuttler K Srikanth and boxer Mandeep Jangra are among the individuals who won the Arjuna.

"It's a huge honor for me to be given the Khel Ratna recompense and I feel humbled with the adoration and admiration showered on me by my nation," Sania told PTI from Toronto.

"Speaking to my nation in all edges of the world has been my incredible benefit for such a variety of years and this acknowledgment of my endeavors by the legislature of India is sure to motivate me to win more shrubs for our nation. I might want to wish all my kindred Indians a glad autonomy day," she said.

Sania, as of now positioned world number one in ladies' copies, scripted history by turning into the first Indian to win a ladies' duplicates Grand Slam title when she and Martina Hingis secured the Wimbledon trophy not long ago.

Sania is just the second tennis player after Leander Paes to be named for the top grant. Paes had been offered the honor path in 1996 after his bronze decoration in the Atlanta Olympics.

The 28-year-old, who has won three blended pairs Grand Slams in her vocation, beat rivalry from squash player Deepika Pallikal, plate hurler Vikas Gowda, olympic style sports star Tintu Luka, rising shuttler P V Sindhu, and hockey skipper Sardar Singh for the pined for honor.

The honors will be presented by the President Pranab Mukherjee on August 29, the National Sports Day.

The Khel Ratna conveys a prize cash of Rs 7.5 lakh alongside a reference, while the Arjuna recompenses accompany a money prize of Rs 5 lakh and a reference. Other than doing admirably on the expert circuit, Sania had additionally won the gold decoration and the bronze award in the blended and ladies' copies classifications of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

The Hyderabadi young lady had won the Arjuna honor in 2004 and was the most loved for the top recompense this year. In 2006, she was presented the Padma Shri - the nation's fourth most astounding regular citizen honor.

Sania's blended copies trophies had come in the Australian Open (2009), French Open (2012) and US Open (2014).

Rohit has been India's batting backbone in the ODIs and turned into the most astounding individual scorer with a thump of 264 against Sri Lanka a year ago.

Jitu, then again, has been in mind blowing structure, winning seven universal awards in the most recent one year other than an Olympic share billet.

Sreejesh was suggested for his exceptional show as India's goalkeeper. He was a piece of the group that won the Asian Games gold award a year ago, which likewise got the side an immediate capability for one year from now's Olympics.

Dipa has been remunerated for turning into the first Indian lady tumbler to win an award at the Commonwealth Games, while boxer Mandeep has been suggested for his silver decorations in the Asian Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

Srikanth has been one of India's top entertainers on the badminton court, winning three titles this year.

The rundown of sportspersons prescribed for Arjuna honors: PR Sreejesh (hockey), Dipa Karmakar (vaulting), Jitu Rai (shooting), Sandeep Kumar (arrow based weaponry), Mandeep Jangra (boxing), Babita (wrestling), Bajrang (wrestling), Rohit Sharma (cricket), K Srikanth (badminton), Swarn Singh Virk (paddling), Satish Sivalingam (weightlifting), Yumnam Santhoi Devi (wushu), Sharath Gaekwad (para-cruising), M R Poovamma (games), Manjeet Chhillar (kabaddi), Abhilasha Mhatre (kabaddi), Anup Kumar Yama (rollerskating).