Virat Kohli to receive Polly Umrigar Award
New Delhi, Jun 7 (IBNS): After brilliant performances with bat in the last two seasons, Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli will be presented with the Polly Umrigar Award at the BCCI Awards (Naman), which will be held on Jun 12.
Kohli will be awarded for being the best international cricketer in 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
The BCCI Awards recognise and honour the top domestic and international cricketers across all age groups.
While Kohli gets top honours in the men’s category, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana are set to be maiden recipients of the award for best international cricketer (women) for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons respectively.
To honour one of its finest administrators, the BCCI has rechristened four awards in remembrance of late Jagmohan Dalmiya.
The Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy will be presented to the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker respectively in the U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy and to the best junior and senior cricketer in women’s cricket.
The BCCI has also raised prize money for nine categories by Rs. 1 lakh and the revised prize money is Rs. 1.5 lakh.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has been adjudged the best state association owing to their consistent performances in the BCCI domestic tournaments for the 2016-17 season while the Delhi and District Cricket Association gets the prize for the 2017-18 season.
Vinod Rai, Chairman, Committee of Administrators (CoA), said: “I congratulate all the winners of the BCCI Annual Awards. The last two years have been fabulous for Indian Cricket with both the men and women’s teams doing very well. We are proud of their achievements and this is our small way of acknowledging their on-field efforts.”
BCCI Acting President, CK Khanna said: “The BCCI Annual Awards is an occasion where former greats of the game, the present generation and the stars of tomorrow come under one roof. For BCCI, it is an opportunity to show its gratitude towards cricketers who enrich this game with their skills and hard work.”
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