NEW DELHI (India): India international Sandesh Jhingan, who received the Arjuna Award on India’s National Sports Day on Saturday, said that his dream was to play for the country.
“The dream was just to get into the National Team. But you set different goals as you grow up, and the Arjuna Award was one of that. Our ultimate dream as a nation is to qualify for the FIFA World Cup but there are certain steps which we need to climb on the pathway,” Jhingan told AIFF.
Asked whom he would dedicate this award, he added: “When I first received the news the first reaction was to visualise how proud my parents would feel. This Award is all for them, and my brothers. It’s a momentous occasion for my parents to see their younger son receive the Arjuna Award. Tomorrow they will walk with their head further higher knowing that their son is an Arjuna. The same applies to my brothers.”
