In India cricket fan club is immense and craze for any cricket action heats up around the nation when any event occurs. Our cricket players bring immense renown to our country and make us proud from time to time. It is important to honor them, which is why BCCI organizes annual awards.
Be it international or domestic cricketers, BCCI never forgets to respect them. The annual BCCI Awards of this year called “Naman” were organized today in Bangalore.
To honor one of its best directors, the BCCI has renounced four awards in memory of the late JagmohanDalmiya. The JagmohanDalmiya Trophy was awarded respectively to the top scorer and scorer of the Vijay Merchant U16 Trophy and the best junior and senior cricket player in women’s cricket.
Here are the top awards contender lists:-
1) Virat Kohli
He has stolen the show as expected. He has won the Polly Umrigar Award for the International Cricket Player (2016-17 and 2017-18).Since the announcement of the 2016-17 and 2017-2018 seasons, the list is huge.
2) Smriti Mandhana
She has won International cricketer of the year (Female) for 2017-18 season.
3) Harmanpreet Kaur
She had won International cricketer of the year (Female) for 2016-17 season.
4) Anshuman Gaekwad
He has won Lifetime Achievement Award (2017-2018).
5) Punam Raut
she has received the best women cricketer of the year (SR domestic) award 2016-17.
6) Deepti Sharma
She has won the best women cricketer (SR domestic) award for the 2017-18 season.
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 NarenTamhane
- Polly Umrigar Award – Virat Kohli
- Best International Cricketer – Women – HarmanpreetKaur
- LalaAmarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In The Ranji Trophy – ParvezRasool
- LalaAmarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In Domestic Limited-overs Competitions – KrunalPandya
- MadhavraoScindia Award – Highest Scorer In The Ranji Trophy – Priyank K Panchal
- MadhavraoScindia Award – Highest Wicket-taker In The Ranji Trophy – ShahbazNadeem
- 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 – JontySidhu
- MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy – Rahul Singh
- JagmohanDalmiya Trophy – Highest Scorer In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy – N Thakur Tilak
- JagmohanDalmiya Trophy – Highest Wicket-taker In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy – RohitDattatraya
- JagmohanDalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer (Sr Domestic) – PunamRaut
- JagmohanDalmiya 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 – AnshumanGaekwad
- BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women – Sudha Shah
- BCCI Special Award – BudhiKunderan
- Polly Umrigar Award – Virat Kohli
- Best International Cricketer – Women – SmritiMandhana
- Lala Amarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In The Ranji Trophy –Jalaj Saxena
- LalaAmarnath Award For The Best All-rounder In Domestic Limited-overs Competitions – DiweshPathani
- Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Scorer In The Ranji Trophy – Mayank Agarwal
- MadhavraoScindia Award – Highest Wicket-taker In The Ranji Trophy – JalajSaxena
- 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 – KNithish 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