New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): India’s former hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and former all-rounder R Ashwin had been amongst former and present gamers honoured with Padma awards on the eve of 76th Republic Day.
Sreejesh has been awarded Padma Bhushan. Paris 2024 Paralympics gold medallist Harvinder Singh, former soccer captain Inivalappil Mani Vijayan, former spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and coach Satyapal Singh have been awarded Padma Shri.
The Padma awards, among the many nation’s highest civilian honours, are conferred in three classes – Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
The awards are given in numerous disciplines, akin to artwork, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, commerce and trade, medication, and literature, amongst others.
The Padma Shri award is the fourth-highest civilian award after Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, and the Padma Bhushan.
Sreejesh, the two-time Olympian, retired from the sports activities following India’s bronze medal win in opposition to Spain on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Having made his debut on the 2010 World Cup, Sreejesh has been a part of numerous memorable wins for India, which embrace a gold medal within the 2014 Asian Games, a bronze medal in Jakarta-Palembang, the joint-winning workforce of the Asian Champions Trophy in 2018, the gold medal-winning workforce of the 2019 FIH Men’s Series Finals in Bhubaneswar, and the silver medal profitable workforce on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Para-archer Harvinder has tasted success up to now 12 months along with his constant performances. He bought his arms on India’s first-ever gold medal in para-archery on the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
It was a one-sided affair within the males’s particular person recurve open occasion. Harvinder ousted Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek with a straight-set win, 6-0, within the gold medal match.
His triumph in Paris marked a medal in two successive Paralympics, having gained a bronze medal within the recurve para-archery on the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. His triumph in Tokyo was India’s first medal in archery within the Paralympics.
Former captain Inivalappil Mani Vijayan was instrumental in Indian soccer throughout the Nineties. He guided the Indian nationwide workforce to the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in 1993 and 1997.
In each title-winning editions of the match, Vijayan was the highest goal-scorer. He was additionally topped as All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year in 1992, 1997 and 2000. Vijayan additionally acquired the Arjuna Award in 2003.
Ashwin has been one of many illustrious spinners on the planet of cricket. He introduced his retirement after the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
In 106 Tests for India, the legendary all-rounder took 537 wickets at a median of 24.00, with finest figures of seven/59. He claimed 37 five-wicket hauls and eight ten-wicket match hauls in his Test profession. He is the eighth-highest wicket-taker in Tests total and the second-highest for India, behind Anil Kumble (619 wickets). Ashwin additionally holds the file for the second-most five-wicket hauls in Tests, trailing solely Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (67).
With the bat, Ashwin scored 3,503 runs at a median of 25.75, together with six centuries and 14 fifties in 151 innings, with a highest rating of 124. In 116 ODIs, Ashwin took 156 wickets at a median of 33.20, with finest figures of 4/25. He additionally scored 707 runs at a median of 16.44, together with one fifty, a knock of 65 in 63 innings.
He is the Thirteenth-highest wicket-taker for India within the format. Across all codecs, Ashwin took 765 wickets in 287 matches, making him India’s second-highest wicket-taker after Anil Kumble (953 wickets). Ashwin was additionally a key member of the Indian groups that gained the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. (ANI)