Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 edition of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) awards on Tuesday, 23rd January.
Joining celebrated cricketer Shastri in the elite list of winners, former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Farokh Engineer also received the Lifetime Achievement Award in the recently concluded ceremony in Hyderabad.
Shubman Gill claimed the Polly Umrigar Award for the year 2022-23 :-
The former world no.1 batter was also the quickest to cross the 2000-run mark in ODIs. The BCCI awards were held for the first time since 2019. While superstar Gill claimed the Polly Umrigar Award for the year 2022-23, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah took home the special honour for his heroics in the 2021-2022 season.
BCCI Awards: Jasprit Bumrah named Rohit Sharma’s deputy :-
Jasprit Bumrah named Rohit Sharma’s deputy for the upcoming Test series between India and England. Bumrah’s teammates Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami were declared the winners of the Polly Umrigar Award for the 2021-21 and 2019-2020 seasons.
BCCI Awards: Best International Debut :-
- 2019- 20: Mayank Agarwal
- 2020-21: Axar Patel
- 2021-22: Shreyas Iyer
- 2022-23: Yashasvi Jaiswal
Polly Umrigar Award for Best International Cricketer :-
- 2019- 20: Mohammad Shami
- 2020-21: R Ashwin
- 2021-22: Jasprit Bumrah
- 2022-23: Shubman Gill
BCCI Awards: Dilip Sardesai Award :-
- Most wickets in Test Cricket – 2022-23 (India vs West Indies): R Ashwin
- Most runs in Test Cricket – 2022-23 (India vs West Indies): Yashasvi Jaiswal
Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award :-
- Farokh Engineer and Ravi Shastri.
BCCI Awards: Best International Cricketer – Women :-
- Deepti Sharma for 2019-20
- Smriti Mandhana for 2020-22
- Deepti Sharma for 2022-2023
Best International Debut Women :-
- Priya Punia for 2019-20
- Shafali Verma for 2020-21
- S Meghana for 2021-22
- Amanjot Kaur for 2022-23
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