Question

Who among the following cricketers has NEVER received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
1. Virat Kohli
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Shikhar Dhawan
4. MS Dhoni

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Shikhar Dhawan

The correct answer is Shikhar Dhawan.

• Shikhar Dhawan cricketers have NEVER received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
• Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer and the eighth sportsperson to receive the prestigious Khel Ratna Award.
  • The Master Blaster scored 7,929 international runs at an average of 44.
  • His highest score back then was 179 and he registered 20 international centuries – 10 each in Test and ODI cricket.
• MS Dhoni took 10 years after Sachin Tendulkar for a cricketer to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
  • It is was none other than the legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni who was bestowed with this honour.
• Virat Kohli, 11 years after MS Dhoni receiving the honour, was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. 
  • By the end of 2017, Virat Kohli played a stunning 320 international games. He scored 16,254 international runs including a high score of 243 and 52 centuries, all at an average of nearly 55. 
• Rohit has become just the fourth cricketer who will be conferred the prestigious award after Sachin Tendulkar (1997-98), MS Dhoni (2007), and Virat Kohli (2018).

• The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games, is the highest sporting honour of the Republic of India.
• Instituted in 1991/92, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is the highest sporting honour in India.
• Vishwanathan Anand was the first to receive the award in the year it was instituted for his achievements in Chess.
• Since then, 45 sportspeople from the country received this honour for achievements in various sports.
• There is a tedious selection process for the same.
• Out of the 45 sportspeople who received this award till date, only four of them are cricketers.