Edulji recommended for BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award
29 April 2018 4:43 AM IST
New Delhi: A three-man BCCI panel has recommended former India women's team captain and current CoA member, Diana Edulji, for the prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. Along with Edulji, former India opener, late Pankaj Roy, will also be awarded posthumously.
Edulji and Roy have been chosen for the 2016-17 period while former India opener Anshuman Gaekwad and former Indian women's team captain Sudha Shah will be honoured for the 2017-18 cycle. Abbas Ali Baig, late Naren Tamhane and late Bhudi Kunderan will receive special recognition during the awards ceremony.
"The awards ceremony will be held during the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru in June," BCCI acting president CK Khanna told PTI.
Edulji had played 20 Tests and 34 ODIs in a career spanning over 17 years, taking 63 and 46 wickets respectively.
She played at a time when the game was run by Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) which was mostly cash strapped and couldn't arrange for international matches.
While Edulji's contribution as a pioneer of women's cricket movement in the country is unquestionable, the murmur in the BCCI corridors is
about the timing of such a recommendation when she is a part of the Supreme Court-appointed CoA running Indian cricket.
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