The 22nd edition of the NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards, which began in 2053 as the Player of the Year Award, is being held in Pokhara.
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What particular sport has dominated Nepali sports over the past three decades? Which players have shone?
If you want to find a definitive answer to this, you don't have to go anywhere else, you can turn to the history of the NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards.
This award, which started in 2053 as the Player of the Year Award, is being organized in Pokhara for its 22nd edition in 2082. This award is dominated by the same sport and player, who has done well in a particular year.
In such a situation, making a list of the winners of the Best Male Player award gives a kind of excitement and sensation. After all, the stories of statistics in sports are so unique. Out of the 21 editions of the event so far, the year 2077 has been special because the Best of the Decade award was given at that time. Apart from that, there is also a Best Male Player among the two awards that have not been missed in each edition.
If we take the statistics as a basis, there are 15 players who have won this award. Among them, Paras Khadka of cricket alone has won the award four times. He first won it in 2066. And then he won it again consecutively in 2069 and 2070. He last won this award in 2074. That is why nothing seemed more just than this when he was awarded the best player of the decade award in 2077. And how much Paras has dominated Nepali sports in the last few years is also clear.
After him, Rajendra Bhandari of athletics and Deepak Bista of taekwondo won the best male player of the year award twice. Among them, Deepak is the most successful player in the history of Nepali sports. Footballers who have won this award once are Devnarayan Chaudhary, Jumanu Rai, Nawayug Shrestha, Kiran Limbu and Anjan Bista. Players who have won this award from cricket are also Binod Das and Rohit Poudel.
After Rajendra, Deepak Adhikari was the winner of this category from athletics after a long gap. Apart from that, boxing's Deepak Maharjan, golf's Shivaram Shrestha, paragliding's Yukesh Shrestha and karate's Mandekaji Shrestha also won this award once. In terms of sports, cricket has won this award 6 times and football 5 times. Athletics won this award on 3 occasions and taekwondo on 2 occasions. Boxing, golf, paragliding and karate won this award 1 time each.
This time the award is being held in Gandaki. Pokharel player Yukesh Gurung has become the best player in the sport of paragliding, which is a special sport of Pokhara. His team won the silver medal at the Asian Games in Indonesia in 2018.
This time, cricketers Kushal Bhurtel and Dipendra Singh Airi, table tennis players Shantu Shrestha, Khokho players Janak Chand and Wushu players Vijay Sinjali have claimed the best player of the year award. Let's see who will win!
