It was a day to remember as the best hockey players in India and former greats of the game came together for the Hockey India 2nd Annual Awards.
The late. Capt. Shankar laxman won the coverted Major Dhyan Chand lifetime Achievement Award while P.R Sreejesh andDeepika won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award for Men and Women respectively, at the Hockey India 2nd Annual Awards. This year, the total prize money was in excess Rs2.00 Crore.
The first set of awards marking important milestone in the careers of players began the proceedings. The Milestone Awards were presented to Dharamvir Singh, Kothajit Singh, Birendra lakra and Sushila Chanu for making 100th appearance for India and were presented with a cheque of Rs50,000/- and a trophy. Gurbaj Singh and V R Raghunath were awarded for turning out in Team India colours for the 200th time and were presented with a cheque of Rs1.00 lakh each and a trophy.
The second set of awards were given in recognition of Individual Achievements to players . The winners of the Individual Achievement Award for goal on debut were Devindar Sunil Walmiki, Harjeet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mohammad Umar, Gaganpreet Singh and Preeti Dubey. Besides, Raghuprasad RV, was also felicitated for making his 100th appearance as an umpire in an international match.