Dronacharya Award in Cricket
List of Dronacharya Award Winners in Cricket – Instituted in 1985, Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. As of 2020, the award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh.
Dronacharya Award Recipients are selected by a committee which is constituted by the ministry and are honoured to have done “outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabled sportspersons to excel in international events” over a period of four years.
List of Dronacharya Award Winners in Cricket
| Sr No | Year | Name |
| 1 | 1986 | Desh Prem Azad |
| 2 | 1987 | Gurcharan Singh |
| 3 | 1990 | Ramakant Achrekar |
| 4 | 2004 | Sunita Sharma |
| 5 | 2016 | Rajkumar Sharma |
| 6 | 2018 | Tarak Sinha ( Lifetime ) |
| 7 | 2019 | Sanjay Bhardwaj ( Lifetime ) |
| 8 | 2021 | Sarkar Talwar ( Lifetime ) |