I owe this to you all, promise to bring many more laurels for the country: Rohit Sharma to his supporters
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Rohit Sharma is only the 4th cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli to be conferred with Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sporting honour
Rohit Sharma is the 4th cricketer to get the Khel Ratna (Reuters photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Since the beginning of 2017, Rohit Sharma has scored 18 centuries, more than anyone else
- In 2019, he scored 556 runs at an average of 92.66 in five Test matches, and 1,657 ODI runs at 57.30
- Rohit Sharma has also scored five centuries at the 2019 World Cup in England
India’s vice-captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma put out a short 32-second video on Twitter on Saturday, thanking his fans for the love and affection that they have showered on him after the batsman was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2020.
In the video, Rohit Sharma said, “Hey guys, thank you very much for all your well wishes and support throughout the year. It’s been a wonderful ride. To receive such a sporting honour in India is a great privilege, and I am very happy about it. And I owe this to you all. Without your support all this wouldn’t have been possible. So, keep at it, keep supporting, and yes I promise to bring many more laurels to the country.”
Thank you for all your wishes and lots of love. pic.twitter.com/vbKaTbfwd7
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 22, 2020
” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Thank you for all your wishes and lots of love. pic.twitter.com/vbKaTbfwd7
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 22, 2020
Earlier on Friday, BCCI put out a congratulatory tweet that read: “Congratulations @ImRo45 for being conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2020, India’s highest sporting honour. He is only the fourth Indian cricketer to receive this award. We are proud of you, Hitman!”
Ishant Sharma get Arjuna Award
Besides Rohit, his teammate Ishant Sharma and women cricketer Deepti Sharma will be getting the Arjuna Award. BCCI congratulated both Ishant and Deepti in separate tweets.
Along with Rohit Sharma, Asian Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat, table tennis champion Manika Batra, India hockey women’s captain Rani Rampal and Paralympic gold medalist Mariappan Thangavelu will also get the Khel Ratna Award.
This is the first time in the history of National Sports awards that 5 sportspeople will be receiving Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and 27 athletes will be conferred with Arjuna Award. The ceremony will be conducted virtually with President Ramnath Kovind giving away the awards on Aug 29.
Rohit Sharma is only the 4th cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli to be conferred with Khel Ratna Award. Tendulkar was the first Indian cricketer to bag the Khel Ratna Award when he did so in 1998. Dhoni received the sporting honour after leading India to the T20 World Cup in 2007 while Virat Kohli won the award along with weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in 2018.
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