Sachin, Virat, Gavaskar to be honoured
1 Nov 2012 6:44 AM IST
Sachin Tendulkar will be honoured for completing his 100th international century while Virat Kohli will get the Polly Umrigar Award for being India’s top international cricketer of 2011-12 at the BCCI Annual Awards ceremony to be held on November 21 in Mumbai. Kohli, who was honoured with the ICC’s ODI Cricketer of the Year earlier, will be awarded a trophy and a cheque of Rs 5 lakhs, the BCCI said in a release. Tendulkar (2006-07 and 2009-10), Virender Sehwag (2007-08), Gautam Gambhir (2008-09) and Rahul Dravid (2010-11) were the earlier recipients of the award.
VVS Laxman, who announced his retirement from international cricket in August, will also be felicitated at the function to be held at the Chambers Terrace, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower. Seven legends of Indian cricket - Vijay Merchant, Vijay Manjrekar, Dattu Phadkar, Vinoo Mankad, Ghulam Ahmed, ML Jaisimha and Dilip Sardesai, will also be posthumously felicitated. Former captain Sunil Gavaskar will receive Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. The award comprises a trophy, citation and cheque for Rs 25 lakhs.
Previous Lifetime Achievement award winners: Lala Amarnath, 1995, Syed Mushtaq Ali, 1996, Vijay Hazare, 1997, KN Prabhu, 1998, PR Umrigar, 1999, Hemu Adhikari, 2000, Subhash Gupte, 2001, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, 2002, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar, 2003, Chandrakant Borde, 2004, BS Bedi, B Chandrasekhar, EAS Prasanna, S Venkataraghvan, 2007, Nariman Contractor, 2008, G Viswanath, 2009 - Mohinder Amarnath, 2010, Salim Durani, 2011, Ajit Wadekar.
VVS Laxman, who announced his retirement from international cricket in August, will also be felicitated at the function to be held at the Chambers Terrace, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower. Seven legends of Indian cricket - Vijay Merchant, Vijay Manjrekar, Dattu Phadkar, Vinoo Mankad, Ghulam Ahmed, ML Jaisimha and Dilip Sardesai, will also be posthumously felicitated. Former captain Sunil Gavaskar will receive Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. The award comprises a trophy, citation and cheque for Rs 25 lakhs.
Previous Lifetime Achievement award winners: Lala Amarnath, 1995, Syed Mushtaq Ali, 1996, Vijay Hazare, 1997, KN Prabhu, 1998, PR Umrigar, 1999, Hemu Adhikari, 2000, Subhash Gupte, 2001, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, 2002, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar, 2003, Chandrakant Borde, 2004, BS Bedi, B Chandrasekhar, EAS Prasanna, S Venkataraghvan, 2007, Nariman Contractor, 2008, G Viswanath, 2009 - Mohinder Amarnath, 2010, Salim Durani, 2011, Ajit Wadekar.
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