In the inaugural edition of Indian Sports Honours, ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bagged the Sportsman of the year award after his superb four Super Series titles this year while Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu was the Sportswoman of the year.
In the team category, Ashwin, who become the fastest bowler to reach 300 wickets in Test against Sri Lanka in the ongoing series and Mithali Raj, who lead India to the finals of finals of ICC Women’s World Cup were awarded Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards respectively.
Awards:
Sportsman of the year (Individual sport): Srikanth Kidambi
Sportsman of the year (Team sport) - Ravichandran Ashwin
Sportswoman of the year (Individual sport) - P.V. Sindhu
Sportswoman of the year (Team sport) - Mithali Raj
Team of the year (Men/Women) - Indian Women's Cricket Team
Coach of the year - Bisveshwar Nandi
Emerging Sportswoman of the year - Aditi Ashok
Emerging Sportsman of the year - Neeraj Chopra
Differently abled Sportsman of the year - Devendra Jhajaria
Differently abled Sportswoman of the year - Deepa Malik
Jury Honours
Keep Walking Honour for Lifetime achievement - Balbir Singh
Inspirational Honour - Sania Mirza
Transformational Contribution to Sport - Abhinav Bindra
Popular choice Honours
Breakthrough performance of the year - Hardik Pandya
Star Sports 'Believe' Honour (Comeback of the year) - Saina Nehwal
Spirit of Sport - Yogeshwar Dutt
Player of the year - Sunil Chhetri
Club of the year - Mumbai Indians
Best Fan Club - Manjappada Kerala Blasters.