Dravid, Binny, Mithali to be honoured with BCCI lifetime achievement awards

Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj are set to be honoured with the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the BCCI's highest honour, at the upcoming Naman Awards.

Binny, who featured in 27 Tests and 72 ODIs, was a member of India's 1983 World Cup winning squad, finishing as the tournament's highest wicket-taker. He later served as the coach of the India Under-19 team that won the 2000 World Cup, as a selector for the national men's team, and as the president of the BCCI.

Dravid featured in 509 international matches, scoring over 24,000 runs and taking more than 400 catches. He captained India to a historic Test series win in England in 2007 and later served as the coach of the men's Under-19 team, India A, and the national men's team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Mithali featured in 333 matches for India across formats, becoming the first woman cricketer in the world to score over 10,000 runs. Under her captaincy, India reached two World Cup finals.

Other Major Award Winners (2024-25 Season)

Polly Umrigar Award

• Best International Cricketer (Men) – Shubman Gill
• Best International Cricketer (Women) – Smriti Mandhana

Women's ODI Awards

• Highest Run Getter – Smriti Mandhana
• Highest Wickets – Deepti Sharma

Best International Debut

• Women – N Sree Charani
• Men – Harshit Rana

Domestic & Junior Cricket Awards

• Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments – Mumbai Cricket Association
• Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket (2023-24) – Ulhas Gandhe

Ranji Trophy (Madhavrao Scindia Award)

• Highest Wicket-Taker (Elite) – Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)
• Highest Wicket-Taker (Plate) – Suchith J (Nagaland)
• Highest Run Getter (Elite) – Yash Rathod (Vidarbha)
• Highest Run Getter (Plate) – Snehal Kauthankar (Goa)

All-Rounder Awards (Lala Amarnath Award)

• Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions – Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai)
• Ranji Trophy – Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha)

Women's Domestic Cricket (Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy)

• Best Woman Cricketer (Jr Domestic) – Ira Jadhav (Mumbai)
• Best Woman Cricketer (Sr Domestic – One Day) – Shafali Verma (Haryana)

Junior Tournament Highlights (2024-25)

• Vijay Merchant Trophy (U16): Top wicket-takers – Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan (MP, Elite) & Kishan Sarkar (Tripura, Plate). Top run-getters – Shanthanu Singh (UP, Elite) & Pritam Raj (Bihar, Plate).
• Cooch Behar Trophy (U19): Top wicket-takers – Hemchudeshan J (TN, Elite) & Arkajit Roy (Tripura, Plate). Top run-getters – Nitya J Pandya (Baroda, Elite) & Ragavan Ramamoorthy (Pondicherry, Plate).
• Col. C K Nayudu Trophy (U23): Top wicket-takers – Vicky Ostwal (Maharashtra, Elite) & Dipjyoti Saikia (Assam, Plate). Top run-getters – Macneil H N (Karnataka, Elite) & R Jashwanth Shreeram (Pondicherry, Plate).