National Sports Awards: Mohammed Shami honored with Arjuna Award, after two years a cricketer received this award

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Shami had performed brilliantly in the ODI World Cup this year. He took the maximum of 24 wickets and played an important role in taking Team India to the finals. India lost against Australia in the final, but the team’s performance was highly praised.

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India’s veteran fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been honored with the Arjuna Award for the year 2023. Shami was given this award by President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday (January 9). Shami is the 58th cricketer who has been given the Arjuna Award. These include 12 women cricket players. After two years, a cricketer has received the Arjuna Award. Last time Shikhar Dhawan received this award in 2021. Salim Durrani is the first cricketer to receive the Arjuna Award. He was honored in 1961.

Shami had performed brilliantly in the ODI World Cup this year.

He took the maximum of 24 wickets and played an important role in taking Team India to the finals. India lost against Australia in the final, but the team’s performance was highly praised. Shami did not get an opportunity to play in the initial matches. After the injury to Hardik Pandya, there was a change in the team composition and Shami got the place. After that he wreaked havoc and played an important role in taking the team to the finals.

Both father and brother used to play cricket for INDIA.

Shami’s father and elder brother, resident of Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, used to play cricket. Both were fast bowlers. It was from here that Shami’s love for bowling increased. Shami has done batting and wicketkeeping in his school. However, fast bowling has always been his priority. He was started playing cricket after seeing his elder brother. The stadium was 30 kilometers away from Shami’s house. He used to go to the stadium by bus.

Shami could not play for Uttar Pradesh.

When Shami was not selected for the Ranji team of Uttar Pradesh, he was not very disappointed. He tried for the second year also but was not selected. After making up his mind to leave UP for INDIAN TEAM, Shami talked to his coach and his coach made arrangements for him to play in Tripura. Shami talked to his coach and his coach made arrangements for him to play cricket in Tripura. However, Mohammed Shami could not play for Tripura either. After wasting three years time 1, his coach in Kolkata arranged a trial in a club. He represented Bengal in the Ranji Trophy.

Had bowled four maiden overs in the first ODI.

Regarding selection in the Indian team, Shami said that he was playing a club match and then the media people started gathering there. Then Shami said,” Why was there  such a crowd.” His friend said that he had been selected for the Indian team. Shami bowled four maiden overs in his first ODI match. After this, he did wonders in the Ranji Trophy also. He took 9 wickets in his first Test and now he is included among the best bowlers in the world.

Shami’s career:

Mohammed Shami has so far taken 229 wickets in 64 test matches for India. He has 195 wickets in 101 ODI matches and 24 wickets in 23 T20 matches. Shami has played for many teams in IPL. He has played 110 matches. During this period Shami has taken 127 wickets.

List of male players who received the Arjuna Award
a year name

2023 Mohammed Shami
2021 Shikhar Dhawan
2020 Ishant Sharma
2019 Ravindra Jadeja
2017 Cheteshwar Pujara
2016 Ajinkya Rahane
2015 Rohit Sharma
2014 Ravichandran Ashwin
2013 Virat Kohli
2012 Yuvraj Singh
2011 Zaheer Khan
2009 Gautam Gambhir
2003 Harbhajan Singh
2002 Virender Sehwag
2001 VVS Laxman
2000 Venkatesh Prasad
1998 Nayan Mongia
1998 Rahul Dravid
1997 Ajay Jadeja
1997 Sourav Ganguly
1996 Javagal Srinath
1995 Anil Kumble
1994 Sachin Tendulkar
1993 Manoj Prabhakar
1993 Kiran More
1989 Madan Lal
1986 Mohammad Azharuddin
1984 Ravi Shastri
1982 Mohinder Amarnath
1981 Dilip Vengsarkar
1980 Syed Kirmani
1980 Chetan Sharma
1979 Kapil Dev
1977 Gundappa Viswanath
1975 Sunil Gavaskar
1972 Eknath Solkar
1972 BS Chandrasekhar
1971 S Venkataraghavan
1970 Dilip Sardesai
1969 Bishan Bedi
1968 Erapalli Prasanna
1967 Ajit Wadekar
1966 Chandu Borde
1965 Vijay Manjrekar
1964 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
1961 Salim Durrani

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