New Delhi:
PR Sreejesh, the great goalkeeper of Indian hockey, was elected for the Padma Bhushan honor on Saturday, while four players and a paragime, including spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently said goodbye to cricket, will be awarded the Padma Shri. The players elected to the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor of the country, include India’s great footballer IM Vijayan and India’s first para athlete Harvinder Singh, who won the gold medal in the Paralympics. Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian honor after Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. This year, seven celebrities will be awarded Padma Vibhushan, 19 on Padma Bhushan and 113 in various fields. Ashwin is the second bowler to take the most wickets for India in Test cricket in the middle of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. He took 537 wickets in 106 matches. President Draupadi Murmu announced these five names for the Padma Awards in the field of sports on the eve of the 76th Republic Day.
If Ashwin says, the name is enough!
Talking about Ashwin, Chennai’s star player who will continue participating in IPL and other domestic competitions, India’s 2011 ODI World Cup winner and 2013 Champions Trophy winning teams. He was nominated in the ICC’s Test team from 2011 to 2020, which shows his great role in India’s success.
Praveen’s coach Satyapal
Apart from these, Para Athletics Coach Satyapal Singh will also be awarded the Padma Shri, who is also the coach of Paralympic Gold Medal winner high jumping Para -Jump Para Para -Khiladi Praveen Kumar. At present, Indian junior men are the head coaches of the team. Satyapal said after the announcement, “This (award) is due to the trust shown by so many people. I have been associated with Praveen Kumar since 2018 and a lot of credit for this award goes to my disciple.”
Golpost Wall Sreejesh!
Sreejesh, who was considered one of the greatest hockey goalkeepers of all times, played a great role in India’s Olympic revival. He played 336 matches in his 18 -year career and also won gold medals in two Asian Games. Sreejesh, who was considered one of the greatest hockey goalkeepers of all times, played a great role in India’s Olympic revival. He played 336 matches in his 18 -year career and also won gold medals in two Asian Games.
Harvinder won bronze in Paralympics
At the same time, 33 -year -old Harvinder, whose legs worsened due to the ill effects of wrong advice for the treatment of dengue in childhood, won a gold medal in the Individual Recruit Open category in the Paris Paralympics last year. Harvinder, who belongs to a farmer family of Ajit Nagar, Haryana, also won a bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021. During the Kovid-19 lockdown, his father converted his farm into an archery range to support his training. In the recurve open class, archers stand at a distance of 70 meters at a target of 122 cm made of 10 concentrated circles, which leads to score from 10 points to 1 point from the center to 1 point.
Vijayan is one of the great players of India
Talking about Vijayan, 55 -year -old Vijayan led India from 2000 to 2004 and formed a strong strike force with the highly popular Baichung Bhutia. At the club level, he spent a memorable tenure with Mohun Bagan, Kerala Police, now closed FC Cochin and JCT Mills Fagwara. , PK Banerjee (1990), Bhutia (2008), Sunil Chhetri (2019) and Bambem Devi (2020) and Brahmanand Sankhwalakar (2022) have joined the list, which have received this prestigious award.