Sachin Tendulkar Receives C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award

Sachin Tendulkar received the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at the BCCI awards ceremony held in Mumbai on February 1. The Indian legend is in line to receive the highest BCCI award this time, featuring in 200 Tests and 463 ODIs, with 34,357 international runs and 100 international centuries.

"The Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledged the cricket legend's extraordinary 24-year international career where through personal milestones and national triumphs, through challenges and victories, he carried not just his bat but the hopes of an entire nation. It recognised not just a cricketer, but a phenomenon who transformed Indian cricket into a global powerhouse," the BCCI stated in a media release.

Award Winners

Men's Awards

• Jasprit Bumrah: Polly Umrigar Award for best international cricketer (Men) for the third time
• Sarfaraz Khan: Best international debut – Men
• R Ashwin: Special award for retiring after the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Women's Awards

• Smriti Mandhana: Best International Cricketer award (Women) for the fourth time
• Asha Sobhana: Best international debut – Women