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Posing for a picture with Anurag Thakur, winner of the 5th Hockey India Awards. (Pic credit: Hockey India)
The winners for the years 2021 and 2022 were announced at the 5th Hockey India Awards held in Delhi on Friday.
Hockey India held its fifth annual awards in the national capital on Friday, with India’s men’s team vice-captain Hardik Singh and women’s captain Savita Punia winning the top honors for the year 2022 during a glittering ceremony. Both won the Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year in their respective categories, carrying a cash price of Rs 25 lakh each.
The great Gurubux Singh was honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022.
The awards have been organized after a gap of three years due to Covid and administrative issues.
“It has been a fantastic year, and it feels great to be recognized for my efforts. I believe we have had a year of ups and downs as a team and there are players who have put in exceptional performances this year as well. I honestly feel like I’m accepting this honor on behalf of the entire team.” said Hardik after winning the award.
Savita expressed her gratitude for winning the award while praising her colleagues. “It is a tremendous honor for which I am extremely grateful. We performed brilliantly as a team and it was a historic moment for us to win the FIH Women’s Nations Cup. I would like to thank my teammates, coaches and support staff for their constant encouragement and hard work. Thank you for.”
The winners for the year 2021 were also felicitated during the ceremony, which was also attended by Cabinet Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, Minister for Sports, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Tomar and Minister for Youth Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur.
Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey opened the event with a welcome address on the past, present and future of both Indian and women’s hockey.
For the year 2021, India’s current men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh won the Player of the Year award, while Savita was declared the women’s player of the year.
Amit Singh Bakshi, who was part of India’s 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medal winning team, has been given the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2021. Apart from this, various awards were given to innumerable senior and junior categories of players.
The winners of Hockey India Annual Awards 2022 are:
| serial number. | Award/Category | prize money | Winners |
| 1. | Major Dhyanchand Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 | INR 30.00 Lakh + Trophy | Gurbaksh Singh |
| 2. | Balbir Singh Senior Award for Player of the Year 2022 (Male) | INR 25.00 Lakh + Trophy | Hardik Singh |
| 3. | Balbir Singh Senior Award for Player of the Year 2022 (Female) | INR 25.00 Lakh + Trophy | Savita |
| 4. | Jugraj Singh Award for Upcoming Sportsperson of the Year 2022 (Male – Under 21) | INR 10.00 Lakh + Trophy | Uttam Singh |
| 5. | Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Sportsperson of the Year 2022 (Female – Under 21 Years) | INR 10.00 Lakh + Trophy | mumtaz khan |
| 6. | Dhanraj Pillay Award for Forward of the Year 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh + Trophy | Vandana Kataria |
| 7. | Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh + Trophy | Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam |
| 8. | Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh + Trophy | Harmanpreet Singh |
| 9. | Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh + Trophy | Krishna B Pathak |
| 10. | Jaman Lal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh + Trophy | Pritam Siwach |
| 11. | President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh + Trophy | Hockey Ace Foundation |
| 12. | President’s Award for Umpires/Umpire Manager 2022 | INR 2.50 Lakh + Trophy | Gurinder Singh Sangha |
| 13. | President’s Award for Technical Officer 2022 | INR 2.50 Lakh + Trophy | Mohd Mughal Muneer |
| serial number. | Award/Category | prize money | Winners |
| 1. | FIH Men’s Player of the Year 2022 | INR 10.00 Lakh | Harmanpreet Singh |
| 2. | FIH Goalkeeper of the Year 2022 (Men) | INR 5.00 Lakh | PR Sreejesh |
| 3. | FIH Goalkeeper of the Year 2022 (Women) | INR 5.00 Lakh | Savita |
| 4. | FIH Coach of the Year 2022 (Women) | INR 5.00 Lakh | janeke shopman |
| 5. | FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year 2022 | INR 5.00 Lakh | mumtaz khan |
| 6. | 300 International Caps | INR 3.00 Lakh | Manpreet Singh |
| 7. | 250 International Caps | INR 2.50 Lakh | Queen |
| 8. | 200 International Caps | INR 2.00 Lakh | Mandeep Singh |
| 9. | 200 International Caps | INR 3.00 Lakh | Navjot Kaur |
| 10. | 150 International Caps | INR 1.50 Lakh | Harmanpreet Singh |
| 11. | Umpire in 150 senior international matches | INR 1.50 Lakh | Javed Shaikh |
| 12. | 100 International Caps | INR 1.00 Lakh | Neha |
| 13. | 100 International Caps | INR 1.00 Lakh | Navneet Kaur |
| 14. | 100 International Caps | INR 1.00 Lakh | lalremsiami |
| 15. | goal in debut match | INR 1.00 Lakh | Karthi Selvam |
| 16. | Top Goal Scorers for FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2021-22 | INR 1.00 Lakh | Harmanpreet Singh |
| 17. | Best goalkeeper of FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup Spain 2022 | INR 1.00 Lakh | Savita |
| 18. | Top goal scorers of Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 | INR 1.00 Lakh | Sharda Nand Tiwari |
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