Who Said What: World congratulates Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane on receiving the Arjuna award

The Mumbai-duo of Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane recently got national recognition for their exemplary efforts on the cricket field by receiving the Arjuna Award for 2015 and 2016 by Vijay Goel, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. They could not receive the awards earlier from the President, because they were busy with their international cricket commitments.

Rohit made his debut for India in 2007, and has established himself as one of the giants of the modern one-day game, being the only batsman to score two ODI double hundreds. Rahane, on the other hand, played his first game for the country in 2011, and has slowly evolved into one of the most dependable batsmen for the Indian team, with his ability to anchor the innings and stack up huge scores.

After they were conferred with the award, they received wishes from all quarters for the national honour. Here are a few tweets from the cricketing personalities, who took to Twitter to congratulate the two:

Sourav Ganguly:

Congratulations rahane and Rohit for Arjuna award ....terrific cricketers ...deserve the honour ..good luck for New Zealand

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) September 16, 2016

Irfan Pathan:

Congratulations to @ajinkyarahane88 n @ImRo45 for the prestigious award #ArjunaAward

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 17, 2016

Alan Wilkins

Congratulations to @ImRo45 and @ajinkyarahane88 on being honoured with the Arjuna Award. Beacons of natural talent enveloped with class.

— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) September 17, 2016

Rahul Sharma

@congrats both of u @ajinkyarahane88 @ImRo45 many more to come and gudluk for the N.Zseries

— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) September 17, 2016

Shikhar Dhawan

CONGRATULATIONS @ImRo45 and @ajinkyarahane88 on Arjuna award honor. Well deserved and many more to folllow... Rab Rakha!!!

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) September 17, 2016

R Vinay Kumar

Congratulations @ajinkyarahane88 for getting prestigious Arjuna Award. Good luck for your future.

— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) September 17, 2016

Parthiv Patel

Congratulations to @ImRo45 and @ajinkyarahane88 ....wish u lot of success... #ArjunaAward

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) September 17, 2016

Harbhajan Singh

Very happy for my brothers @ImRo45 & @ajinkyarahane88 for the Arjuna awards... Keep going.Wish u many more awards pic.twitter.com/4TitOsbE6t

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) September 17, 2016

Robin Uthappa

Congratulations @ajinkyarahane88 and @ImRo45 on receiving the Arjuna Award!! more power to you!

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) September 16, 2016

Congratulations @ajinkyarahane88 @ImRo45 on the Arjuna award! Well done! Wishing you greater accolades! @BCCI

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) September 17, 2016