BCCI awards: Kohli, Tendulkar and Laxman to be honoured

Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar will be among the Indian cricketers who will be honoured during the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s annual awards ceremony to be held in Mumbai on November 21, a BCCI media release said.

Virat Kohli will be presented with the Polly Umrigar Award for being India’s top-cricketer in the 2011-12 season. Kohli will join the esteemed company of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid who had previously received this honour . He will be presented with a trophy and a cheque of Rs. 5 lakhs. The prolific Delhi batsman was also adjudged as ICC’s ODI cricketer of the year earlier.

Veterans Laxman and Tendulkar will also be honoured at the event. While Laxman will be felicitated after announcing his retirement earlier this year, Tendulkar will be honoured for completing 100 international centuries.

The other awards of the evening will include the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award to Sunil Gavaskar and the posthumous felicitation of seven legends of Indian cricket – Vijay Merchant, Vijay Manjrekar, Dattu Phadkar, Vinoo Mankad, Ghulam Ahmed, M.L. Jaisimha and Dilip Sardesai.

Full list

Col. C.K. Nayudu lifetime achievement award: Sunil Gavaskar - citation and cheque for Rs. 25 lakhs

Polly Umrigar award : Virat Kohli Trophy and cheque for Rs. 5 lakhs – 627 runs @ 52.25 from seven Tests, inclusive of two centuries. 1,539 runs @ 73 from 26 ODIs, inclusive of seven centuries. 389 runs @ 48 from ten T20 Internationals, inclusive of four fifties.

Lala Amarnath award for the best all-rounder in the Ranji trophy, 2011-12: Stuart Binny (KSCA) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 2.5 lakhs – 742 runs @ 67.45 and 20 wickets @ 20.1 from 8 matches

Lala Amarnath award for the best all-rounder in domestic limited overs: Laxmi Ratan Shukla (CAB) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 2.5. lakhs – 294 runs @ 49 and 12 wickets @ 26.6 from 8 matches.

Madhavrao Scindia award for highest scorer in the Ranji trophy in 2011-12: Robin Bist (RCA) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 2.5 lakhs – 1034 runs @86.16 in 10 matches, inclusive of 4 hundreds and 4 half-centuries.

Madhavrao Scindia award for highest wicket taker in the Ranji trophy in 2011-12: Ashok Dinda (CAB) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 2.5 lakhs – 37 wkts @ 20.64 in 6 matches, inclusive of four 5WI, and two 10WM.

M.A. Chidambaram trophy, best under-16 cricketer of 2011-12: Mohd. Saif (UPCA) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 50,000 – 747 runs @ 106.71 in 6 matches, inclusive of 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries.

M.A. Chidambaram trophy, best under-19 cricketer of 2011-12: Vijay Zol (Maharashtra CA) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 50,000 – 1603 runs @160.30 in 9 matches, inclusive of five centuries and four half-centuries.

M.A. Chidambaram trophy, best under-22 cricketer of 2011-12: Satyam Choudhary (MPCA) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 50,000 – 719 runs @ 65.36 in 8 matches, inclusive of two centuries and three half-centuries

M.A. Chidambaram trophy, best woman cricketer (sr) of 2011-12: Anagha Deshpande (Maharashtra CA) Trophy and cheque for Rs. 50,000 – 501 runs @100.20, inclusive of one century and five half-centuries.

Best umpire in domestic cricket in 2011-12: S. Ravi - Trophy and cheque for Rs. 50,000