The Mahindra Scorpio Times of India Sports Awards 2018 were held on February 26, honouring the best performance of in Indian sports from the last year. Kidambi Srikanth claimed the top prize of Sportsperson of the Year. The third edition of the glittering sports honour was held in Mumbai and was powered by All-Out. The event saw the best of sportsmen in attendance and tennis champion Stefan Edberg was the mentor for the evening. Times Group Director Vineet Jain and Relaince chairperson Nita Ambani were present at the event.

Kidambi Shrikanth set many records in 2017 with his smooth badminton play. He gained much dominance on the badminton court and has got his coveted reward for the same. He is the third one to win the award after Jitu Rai and PV Sindhu. The Indian Men's Hockey Team made us proud when they won the Asia cup last year and even got bronze medals in the Hockey World League Final. TOISA thus honoured them with the Team of The Year Award.

A new award was introduced this year called the Inspiration of the Year, which was given to the Indian women's cricket team. The women’s cricket team had reached final of the ICC Women's World Cup last year and were indeed an inspiration to many, so they rightfully deserved the award.

Here’s the list of all the winners of TOISA 2018:

SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR: Kidambi Srikanth

TEAM OF THE YEAR: Indian men's hockey team

COACH OF THE YEAR: Anil Kumble

MENTOR OF THE YEAR: Pullela Gopichand

INSPIRATION OF THE YEAR: Indian women's cricket team

EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Anish Bhanwala

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Vijay Amritraj

CHANGE AGENT: Madhya Pradesh

PARA-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Varun Bhati

ARCHER OF THE YEAR: Abhishek Verma

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: G Lakshmanan

BADMINTON PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Kidambi Srikanth & PV Sindhu

BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Amjyot Singh Gill

BILLIARDS/SNOOKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pankaj Advani

BOXER OF THE YEAR: Gaurav Bidhuri

CHESS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Harika Dronavalli

CRICKETER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Jasprit Bumrah & Harmanpreet Kaur

FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Ajeetesh Sandhu

HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Harmanpreet Singh & Savita Punia

KABADDI PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pardeep Narwal

SHOOTER OF THE YEAR (MALE & FEMALE): Ankur Mittal & Heena Sidhu

SQUASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Saurav Ghosal

TABLE TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sathiyan Gnansekaran

TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rohan Bopanna

WEIGHTLIFTER OF THE YEAR: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Bajrang Punia

TOISA serves as a good platform to honour the sports talent in the country, who have won big at the international games and made the country proud. A 6-member jury which included Abhinav Bindra, Gautam Gambhir, Bhaichung Bhutia, Devendra Jhajharia, Reeth Abraham and along with the Chief Editor of Times Internet Ltd, Rajesh Kalra decided upon the deserving winners for the sports awards.

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