Breaching Australia’s fortress on the Gabba within the iconic Check collection of 2021 was the “icing on the cake” within the illustrious profession of multi-faceted Ravi Shastri, who was honoured with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award right here on Tuesday.
In a glittering ceremony, the BCCI awarded a bunch of prime males’s and ladies’s performers from the 2019-20 season. Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer too was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Shastri was a part of India’s World Cup profitable squad in 1983 and was the Participant of the Collection once they bagged the World Collection in 1985.
Later as a coach, Shastri masterminded India’s back-to-back Check collection wins in Australia, the primary Asian aspect to attain the feat.
Shastri stated it was an emotional second for him and picked the Gabba Check three Australian summers in the past among the many many highs he skilled in his profession.
“It’s a particular night for me. I believe choosing one (second) could be troublesome. However I’ll simply go in a short time. You confirmed one which the 1985 last vs Pakistan was particular in Melbourne. 1983 when India gained the World Cup.
“However in commentary, 2007 once they gained the T20 World Cup and 2011 when MS hit that ball for six. Two again to again wins in Australia. However the icing on the cake was the final day on the Gabba when Rishabh Pant took us previous the ending line,” stated Shastri.
The 61-year-old additionally lauded the BCCI for taking care of him by way of his profession.
“I thank the BCCI for bestowing this honour on me. It’s 4 a long time within the recreation, you haven’t missed a beat and you’ve got been concerned with Indian cricket proper by way of.
“It’s a very touching second for me as a result of after I began my cricket on the age of 17 and I completed at 31 as a participant, 30 actually, BCCI was my guardian proper by way of.
“They confirmed me the trail to play the game. You recognize when the bucks weren’t huge within the recreation as Farokh (Engineer), had talked about. However there was pleasure in enjoying to your nation.” Shastri stated the board’s progress as an influential sporting entity has benefitted a era of gamers.
“I noticed the BCCI rising up within the 40 years of mine, you already know, powerhouse in world cricket and due to that you may see generations after generations of gamers benefitting. So, for me that is very particular night with the ladies’s staff, the lads’s cricket staff there.”
Star batter Shubman Gill was conferred with the Polly Umrigar Greatest Males’s Worldwide Cricketer of the Yr (2022-23) award.
Gill was India’s standout batter within the white ball codecs, particularly within the ODIs in the course of the season that was thought of for the award.
Final 12 months, Gill turned the quickest batsman to succeed in the 2000-run mark in ODIs within the course of of creating 1584 runs from 29 matches at a median of 63.36 together with 5 a whole bunch.
Younger opener Yashasvi Jaiswal grabbed the award for the Greatest Worldwide debut in the course of the 2022-23 season after cracking a 171 in opposition to the West Indies at Roseau in July final 12 months.
Spinner Deepti Sharma grabbed the Worldwide Ladies’s Cricketer of the Yr award for the 2022-23 season.
Deepti’s bowling had an enormous impression on India’s facile win over England lately within the one-off Check as she picked up 9 wickets for 39 within the match apart from making an important fifty.
Checklist of awards
Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award: Ravi Shastri, Farokh Engineer (2019-20).
Polly Umrigar Award for Greatest Males’s Cricketer of the Yr: Shubman Gill (2022-23), Jasprit Bumrah (2021-22), Ravichandran Ashwin (2020-21), Mohammed Shami (2019-20).
Greatest Worldwide Cricketer, Ladies: Deepti Sharma (2019-20, 2022-23), Smriti Mandhana (2020-21, 2021-22).
Greatest Worldwide Debut, Males: Mayank Agarwal (2019-20), Axar Patel (2020-21), Shreyas Iyer (2021-22), Yashasvi Jaiswal (2022-23).
Greatest Worldwide Debut, Ladies: Priya Punia (2019-20), Shafali Varma (2020-21), S Meghna (2021-22), Amanjot Kaur (2022-23).
Dilip Sardesai Award (2022-23): Highest Runs: Yashasvi Jaiswal; Highest Wickets: R Ashwin.
Most Runs in ODIs – Ladies: Punam Raut (2019-20), Mithali Raj (2020-21), Harmanpreet Kaur (2021-22), Jemimah Rodrigues (2022-23).
Most Wickets in ODIs – Ladies: Poonam Yadav (2019-20), Jhulan Goswami (2020-21), Rajehwari Gayakwad (2021-22), Devika Vaidya (2022-23).
Greatest Umpire in Home Cricket: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (2019-20), Vrinda Rathi (2020-21), J Madangopal (2021-22), Rohan Pandit (2022-23).
Greatest efficiency in home tournaments: Mumbai (2019-20).
Lala Amarnath Award: Greatest all-rounder in home limited-over competitions: Baba Aparajith (2019-20), Rishi Dhawan (2020-21, 2021-22), Riyan Parag (2022-23).
Lala Amarnath Award: Greatest all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Manishankar Mura Singh (2019-20), Shams Mulani (2021-22), Saransh Jain (2022-23).
Madhavrao Scindia Trophy: Highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy: Rahul Dalal (2019-20), Sarfaraz Khan (2021-22), Mayank Agarwal (2022-23).
Madhavrao Scindia Trophy: Highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy: Jaydev Unadkat (2019-20), Shams Mulani (2021-22), Jalaj Saxena (2022-23).
MA Chidambaram Trophy: Highest wicket-taker in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Harsh Dubey (2019-20), AR Nishad (2021-22), Manav Chothani (2022-23).
MA Chidambaram Trophy: Highest run-getter in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy: P. Kanpillewar (2019-20), Mayank Shandilya (2021-22), Danish Malewar (2022-23).
MA Chidambaram Trophy: Highest wicket-taker in U23 Col Cok Nayudu Trophy: Ankush Tyagi (2019-20), Harsh Dubey (2021-22), Vishal Jayswal (2022-23).
MA Chidambaram Trophy: Highest run-getter in U23 Col Cok Nayudu Trophy: Parth Palawat (2019-20), YV Rathod (2021-22), Kshitij Patel (2022-23).