Radha Yadav held her nerve in the final over as Supernovas defeated Trailblazers by two runs in the Women's T20 Challenge at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on November 07.
All-rounder of India's women's cricket team Deepti Sharma was conferred with Arjuna Award by President Ram Nath Kovind on August 29.
While his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, his Delhi teammate Ishant Sharma will get the Arjuna award along with Indian women's cricket team all-rounder Deepti Sharma.
India's limited over vice-captain Rohit Sharma is amongst the five athletes to get the highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. While Ishant and Deepti will be conferred win the Arjuna Awards.
The other players to have received the notice include Cheteshwar Pujara and Deepti Sharma, who are among the five cricketers in the 110 strong National Registered Testing Pool (NRTP).
The 22-year-old has so far played 54 ODIs and 48 T20Is in which she has taken 64 and 53 wickets respectively.
Rohit Sharma has been nominated by the BCCI for the country's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
On this day, Punam Raut and Deepti Sharma added 320 runs for the opening wicket against Ireland in 2017.
The Sports Ministry on May 5 invited nominations for the 2020 National Sports Awards including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and the Arjuna Award.
India women's cricketer Deepti Sharma, who had an impressive outing in the recently-concluded T20 World Cup, was felicitated by the West Bengal government on Saturday.
Poonam Yadav took four wickets while Deepti Sharma scored an important 49* as India secured a 17-run victory over Australia.
Among the batters, Jemimah Rodrigues continued to occupy the fourth spot, while Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur too remained static at the seventh and ninth positions respectively.
Chasing a modest target of 104 on Sunday evening, Indian eves broke little sweat as both the Indian openers, who stitched a record partnership in the first match, got the team across the line in the 11th over.
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