Ishant Sharma, Deepti Sharma & Hima Das recommended for Arjuna Award; Full list here

13 years after making his debut for Indian Cricket Team, speedster Ishant Sharma has been recommended for recipient of prestigious Arjuna Award by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. Sharma, who is a consistent player in Virat Kohli's Test cre, me his debut for Team India in 2007 at of 18. speedster has picked 297 Test wickets, 118 ODI wickets and 8 T20 wickets. award will be given on August 29 by President of India. 

Along with Ishant Sharma, India Women's cricketer Deepti Sharma and sprinter Hima Das have also been conferred with prestigious hour.

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Here is full list of Arjuna Award recommendations: 

1. Chirag Shetty (Bminton) 
2. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Bminton)
3. Atanu Das (Archery)
4. Arpinder Singh (Athletics)
5. Hima Das (Athletics) 
6. Manjeet Singh (Athletics)
7.  Manish Kaushik (Boxing)
8. Lovelina (Boxing)
9. Sonia Lar (Boxing)
10. Deepti Sharma (Cricket)
11. Rupinderpal Singh (Hockey)
12. Birender Lakra (Hockey)
13. Deep Grace Ekka (Hockey)
14. Sukhmeet Singh (Rowing)
15. Dattu (Rowing)
16. Manu Bhakar (Shooting) 
17. Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting)
18. Manan Chandra (Soker)
19. Divij Sharan (Tennis)
20. Mhurika Patkar (Table Tennis)
21. RV Rahul (Weightlifting) 
22. Rahul Aware (Wrestling)
23. Deepika Thakur (Hockey)
24. Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)

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Arjuna Award

Arjuna Awards are annual hours given by Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to recognize outstanding achievement in sports. awards which began in 1961, carries a cash prize of ₹5,00,000 and a bronze statue of Arjuna - an Indian mythological warrior in Mahabharata. As per guidelines, sportsperson selected should t only have h good performance consistently for previous four years but should also have shown qualities of leership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. Apart from Ishant Sharma, table cricketers who have been houred with award are, Gautam Gambhir, Jhulan Goswami, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Mithali Raj, Harbhajan Singh, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and ors. 

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