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Monday, Jun 23, 2025
The Olympic bronze medallists won 3-2 against South Africa in the semifinals on Saturday.
India lost 2-3 to Belgium in the second match of the two-leg tournament in Antwerp.
Sreejesh foiled an attempt from Nicolas de Kerpel when the shoot out was locked 4-4 and Akashdeep Singh found the net to make it 5-4 for the Tokyo Games bronze medallists.
The Indian hockey goalkeeper's wife Dr Aneeshya received the prize from former world chess champions Viswanathan Anand.
The three final contenders determined via online/SMS voting are (in alphabetical order): K V Athulya (football), S Soorya (volleyball), and P R Sreejesh (hockey).
The six final contenders picked by an expert panel are: P R Sreejesh (hockey), Sanju Samson (cricket), S Soorya (volleyball), Sandra Babu (athletics), Nihal Sarin (chess), and K V Athulya (football).
Jarmanpreet Singh (22') and Harmanpreet Singh (57') were the goal scorers for India while Victor Charlet (16', 59'), Victor Lockwood (35'), Charles Masson (48'), Timothee Clement (60') struck for the winners.
Sreejesh beat competition from sports climber Alberto Gins Lopez of Spain and Italy's wushu player Michele Giordano for the award.
Manpreet Singh will lead the 20-member Indian team.
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.
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