Cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur and Cheteshwar Pujara along with Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu were among 17 sportspersons who will be getting the prestigious Arjuna Awards this year.

The decision was arrived at a meeting of the Arjuna Awards committee which met here on Thursday. 

Harmanpreet was rewarded for her performance at the recently concluded ICC Women's World Cup. The experienced batter smashed an unbeaten 171 runs off just 115 balls to help India beat formidab 

Pujara, who is currently playing his 50th Test match in Sri Lanka, has been in good form witth the bat in recent times.