Poonam Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja Receives Arjuna Award

Poonam Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja Receives Arjuna Award

Poonam Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja received the Arjuna Award, an honour awarded by the Indian government for outstanding individual sporting achievements.

While Poonam received the award from Indian President Ramnath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday, Jadeja missed the ceremony due to "Team India tasks". He is currently touring the West Indies with Virat Kohli and Co.

Poonam and Jadeja was among the four cricketers, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah being the others, recommended by BCCI for the Arjuna Prize in April. They were the only cricketers among the 19 athletes to receive this award this year.

Poonam is the third female cricketer in India - and the eleventh overall since 1976 - to win the award, after skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and opener Smriti Mandhana.

Jadeja is the latest recipient of the Arjuna Prize from an elite list of current and former cricketers, including Sunil Gavaskar, Sachinrender Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Viehwag, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin, to name a few.