National Sports Awards 2020: Rohit Sharma, Manika Batra and three others to be conferred with Khel Ratna Award

India's limited-overs vice-captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma is all set be conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, which is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years.

Besides Rohit, only three more Indian cricketers namely legendary player Sachin Tendulkar, recently-retired wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current Indian skipper Virat Kohli have been honoured with the country's highest sporting honour. 

The opening batsman had enjoyed a sensational run last year when he became the first cricketer ever to notch up five centuries in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI World Cup.

Table tennis star Manika Batra, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, Indian women's hockey team player Rani, para-athlete Mariappan Thangavelu will also be honoured with the prestigious award as confirmed by the selection committee of the National Sports Award 2020.

Meanwhile,a total of 27 other sportsperson will recieve Arjuna Award, while five coaches will be honoured with the Dronacharya Award during 2020 National Sports Awards. 

The selection committee, headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court of India) and other members comprising of eminent sportspersons, also chose 15 sportspersons for Dhyanchan Award and eight coaches for Dronacharya award in Life-time category.

The full list of National Sports Awards 2020 winners is as follows:

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Rohit Sharma	Cricket
Mariyappan T.	Para Athletics
Manika Batra	Table Tennis
Vinesh	Wrestling
Rani	Hockey

DRONACHARYA AWARD

Life- Time Category

Name of coach	Discipline
Dharmendra Tiwary	Archery
Purushotham Rai	Athletics
Shiv Singh	Boxing
Romesh Pathania	Hockey
Krishan Kumar Hooda	Kabaddi
Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar	Para Powerlifting
Naresh Kumar	Tennis
Om Parkash Dahiya	Wrestling

 Regular Category

Name of the coach	Discipline
Jude Felix Sebastian	Hockey
Yogesh Malviya	Mallakhamb
Jaspal Rana	Shooting
Kuldeep Kumar Handoo	Wushu
Gaurav Khanna	Para Badminton

ARJUNA AWARD

Name	Discipline
Atanu Das	Archery
Dutee Chand	Athletics
Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy	Badminton
Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty	Badminton
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi	Basketball
Subedar Manish Kaushik	Boxing
Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing
Ishant Sharma	Cricket
Deepti Sharma	Cricket
Sawant Ajay Anant	Equestrian
Sandesh Jhingan	Football
Aditi Ashok	Golf
Akashdeep Singh	Hockey
Deepika	Hockey
Deepak	Kabaddi
Kale Sarika Sudhakar	Kho Kho
Dattu Baban Bhokanal	Rowing
Manu Bhaker	Shooting
Saurabh Chaudhary	Shooting
Madhurika Suhas Patkar	Table Tennis
Divij Sharan	Tennis
Shiva Keshavan	Winter Sports
Divya Kakran	Wrestling
Rahul Aware	Wrestling
Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Para Swimming
Sandeep	Para Athletics
Manish Narwal	Para Shooting

  DHYAN CHAND AWARD

Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Kuldip Singh Bhullar	Athletics
Jincy Philips	Athletics
Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe	Badminton
Trupti Murgunde	Badminton
N. Usha	Boxing
Lakha Singh	Boxing
Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu	Football
Ajit Singh	Hockey
Manpreet Singh	Kabaddi
J. Ranjith Kumar	Para Athletics
Satyaprakash Tiwari	Para Badminton
Manjeet Singh	Rowing
Shri Sachin Nag	Swimming
Nandan P Bal	Tennis
Netarpal Hooda	Wrestling

The awardees will receive their awards from President Ram Nath Kovind at a specially organized function through virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2020.