The Indian cricket fraternity, on Saturday, congratulated opening batsman Rohit Sharma, pacer Ishant Sharma and spinner Deepti Sharma on winning th⭕e Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna awards respectively.
Rohit is among the five athletes who will receive India’s highest sporting honour – the Khel Ratna Award for 2020.
India’s limited-overs vice-captain had an outstanding 2019 where he scored 1,490 runs in ODIs at an average of 57.30 and also finished as the highest run-getter in the 2019 World Cup with five centuries in the tournament. He was later promoted as an opener in Test cricket where he made 556 runs in five matches.
“Congratulations on the being conferred with the prestigious #KhelRatnaAward partner! Proud of you bro,” wrote Shikhar Dhawan.
Congratulꦫations on the being conferred with the prestigious partner! Proud of you🅺 bro 👏
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Meanwhile, Ishant Sharma and Deepti will be conferred with the Arjuna awards. Ishant picked up 25 wickets in six Tests last y൲ear at an impressive average of 15.56💖.
On the other hand, Deepti, who was part of the Indian side that reached the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final in Australia, picked up 19 wickets in T20Is and 15 wickets in ODIs last year.
“Congratulations @ImIshant and @ImRo45 for your respective Arjuna and Khel Ratna Awards and to @Deepti_Sharma06 for her Arjuna Award as well. Big congratulations to all the other winners across different sports. Proud moment to remember for each sportsperson,” tweeted Virat Kohli.
Congratulations and for your respective Arjuna and Khel Ratna Awards 👏 and to for her Arjuna 🐟Award as well. �� Big congratulations to all the other winners across different sports. Proud moment to remember for each sportsperson.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Here’s how others reacted to their latest achievement:
Congratulations brother , you truely deserve this.
You have made India proud so many times. Here's to many more milestones! ✌️🇮🇳— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations . Well done and very well deserved! I pray🔯 that you continue to do well and bring laurels to our country 🇮🇳 👍🏻
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Aaj ki shaam, Sharmas ke naam.
Many congratulꦕations to for the an🎶d to Hitman for the .— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congratulations to my friends👏 Sharma for an🐼d for . Many more awards and glories to come for the two champions.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Congratulations to Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee and to and on being 🍬conferred with the Arjun♉a Award. 👏👏
— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
Congratulations on being awarded with The Prestigious Khel Ratna . May your efforts and hardwork keeps adding colours to your achieve𒁏ments.
— Harmanpreet Kaur (@ImHarmanpreet)
Many Congratulations Bhai for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award a🔯nd Bhai & for the Arjuna award. 👏 A🍌 very big moment for any athlete. 🙌 🇮🇳
— Washington Sundar (@Sundarwashi5)
Congratula🐬tions for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2020. and for Arjuna award 2020.
— Shardul Thakur (@imShard)
Congratulations to on winning th⛎e Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and to and on being awarded the Arjuna Award. 👏�ඣ�
— Veda Krishnamurthy (@vedakmurthy08)
Hearty congratulations on being conferred with the highest sports honour in the country. Your contribution to Indian cricket as a part of the leadership group has been immense and your performances on the field are always exemplary!!
To many more such accolades!
🏏🇮🇳🥂🎊— R SRIDHAR (@coach_rsridhar)
Congratulations on the being conferred wit♍𓆏h the prestigious 👏
— Naman Ojha (@namanojha35)
Congrats on receiving the Khel Ratna ! Wishing you success & hope you achieve many more milౠ🌱estones in the days ahead!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Khel Ratna & Arjuna award winners. Well done & truly deserved.
Congratulations— Shreyas Gopal (@ShreyasGopal19)
Many congratulations Rohit bhai, for being conferred with the highest sporting honour in the country! So well deserved.. 🤩 🐈
— Jaydev Unadkat (@JUnadkat)
Congratulations Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2020,
We are proud of you, Hitman! 🏏🙌🏻— SAYYED IQBAL ABDULLAH (SIA) (@iq♏qiabdullah)
Congratulations to on being conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards. and fꩵor the prestigious Arjuna awards 🙌🏻Very well deserved!
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88)
Congratulations! The SHARMAAAAAS – Well done Ro for Khel Ratna and Ishi for Arjuna – 🤗
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc)
