New Delhi, Aug 26 (UNI) As Sandesh Jhingan was named the 27th footballer to win the prestigious Arjuna Award, his predecessors with likes of Sunil Chhetri, Subrata Paul, Gurpreet Sandhu congratulated and “welcomed” him to the “elite Arjuna club.”
Mercurial striker and captain Sunil Chhetri who received the Arjuna Award in 2011, and the Padma Shri in 2019, expressed his delight on Sandesh being among the award-winners this year and termed him as a "great role model" for the next generation.
“Welcome to the Arjuna Club,” Sunil Chhetri said in his message to Sandesh Jhingan. “I wanted to be the first one to congratulate him when I heard the news. So I called him up and we had a hearty chat,” the Indian captain stated.