Following Virat Kohli’s phenomenal show in the past two seasons, the Indian captain has been presented with the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer (2016-17 and 2017-18) at the BCCI Awards (Naman) in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
The BCCI Awards recognises and honours the top domestic and international cricketers across all age groups.
While Virat gets top honours in the men’s category, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana are recipients of the award for best international cricketer (women) for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons respectively.
To honour one of its finest administrators, the BCCI has rechristened four awards in remembrance of Late Jagmohan Dalmiya. The Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy has been presented to the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker respectively in the U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy and to the Best Junior and Senior Cricketer in women’s cricket.
The BCCI has also raised prize money for nine categories by Rs 1 lakh and the revised prize money is Rs 1.5 lakh.
The Cricket Association of Bengal has been adjudged the best State Association owing to their consistent performances in the BCCI domestic tournaments for the 2016-17 season while the Delhi and District Cricket Association receives the prize for the 2017-18 season.
Here’s a look at all the award winners.
Award Winners for the 2016-17 Season
Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award – Pankaj Roy
BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women – Diana Edulji (Declined)
BCCI Special Award – Abbas Ali Baig and Naren Tamhane
Polly Umrigar Award – Virat Kohli
Best International Cricketer - Women – Harmanpreet Kaur
Lala Amarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In The Ranji Trophy – Parvez Rasool
Lala Amarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In Domestic Limited-overs Competitions – Krunal Pandya
Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Scorer In The Ranji Trophy – Priyank K Panchal
Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-taker In The Ranji Trophy – Shahbaz Nadeem
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-23) Col C K Nayudu Trophy – Ekant C Sen
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-23) Col C K Nayudu Trophy – Karan Kaila
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy – Jonty Sidhu
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy – Rahul Singh
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy – N Thakur Tilak
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy – Rohit Dattatraya
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Sr Domestic) – Punam Raut
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Jr Domestic) – Jemimah Rodrigues
Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket – Anil Dandekar
Best Performance In BCCI Domestic Tournaments – Cricket Association of Bengal
Award Winners for the 2017-18 Season
Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award – Anshuman Gaekwad
BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women – Sudha Shah
BCCI Special Award – Budhi Kunderan
Polly Umrigar Award – Virat Kohli
Best International Cricketer - Women – Smriti Mandhana
Lala Amarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In The Ranji Trophy –Jalaj Saxena
Lala Amarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In Domestic Limited-overs Competitions – Diwesh Pathani
Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Scorer In The Ranji Trophy – Mayank Agarwal
Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-taker In The Ranji Trophy – Jalaj Saxena
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-23) Col C K Nayudu Trophy – Aryaman Birla
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-23) Col C K Nayudu Trophy – Tejas Baroka
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy – Y V Rathod
MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy – Ayush S Jamwal
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy – K Nithish Kumar Reddy
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy – Reshu Raj
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Sr Domestic) – Deepti Sharma
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Jr Domestic) – Jemimah Rodrigues
Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket – Yeshwant Barde
Best Performance In BCCI Domestic Tournaments – Delhi & District CA
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