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While Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, 25 sportspersons, including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, H S Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, track and field athletes Eldhose Paul and Avinash Sable, were conferred with the Arjuna Award.
25 sportspersons will receive the Arjuna Award from the President on November 30.
The Arjuna Award winner shared the excitement of meeting his 'favourite player' with a social media post.
The star attraction of the evening was Neeraj Chopra, who received his Khel Ratna award amid thunderous applause from the select dignitaries present on the specially organised function.
The other prominent Khel Ratna winners this year include Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Olympic silver-medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya and hockey team captain Manpreet Singh.
This is the second consecutive year Prakash, who is set to compete in his second Olympics in Tokyo, has been recommended for the Arjuna.
For Arjuna Award, the Board will send the names of senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was ignored last year, K L Rahul and pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
One of independent India's biggest sporting icons was a tormented man but refused to let that come in the way of accomplishments which were unheard of in his era.
This year a whopping 74 winners were picked for the national honours. Of these, 60 attended the virtual ceremony conducted across 11 Sports Authority of India centres in various cities.
The Sports Ministry decided against bestowing the Arjuna on Sakshi and weightlifter Mirabai as the two have already been conferred with the Khel Ratna Award.