Rohit Sharma will, therefore, become only the fourth Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli to be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Tendulkar, who received it in 1998, was the first Indian cricketer to be given the award. Dhoni won it in 2007 while Kohl was given the award in 2018.