India captain Virat Kohli’s stupendous batting form fetched him the Polly Umrigar Award for best International cricketer for two seasons. Kohli notched 1332 runs in 13 Tests at an impressive average of 74 and scored 1516 runs in 27 ODIs at an average of 84.22 in 2016-17 season. He continued his good run of form in 2017-18 season as he scored 896 runs in 6 tests at an average of 89.6. Kohli will be awarded a prize money of Rs 15 lakh for each season in the men’s category.
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Women star cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana, who played a crucial role in India’s impressive runners-up finish at the Women’s World last year, were chosen for best international cricketer (women) for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons respectively.
“Following his phenomenal show in the past two seasons, Team India captain Virat Kohli will be presented with the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer (2016-17 and 2017-18) at the BCCI Awards to be held in Bengaluru on June 12,” the BCCI stated.
To honour the late former President Jagmohan Dalmiya, the BCCI has given a new name to four awards in remembrance of him.
“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 Cricket Association of Bengal was adjudged the best State Association (2016-17)while the Delhi and District Cricket Association got the prize for the 2017-18 season.
“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,” Committee of Administrators Chairman Vinod Rai said.
BCCI Awards 2016-17 season:
COL. C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Late Mr. Pankaj Roy (posthumously)
BCCI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR WOMEN: Diana Edulji (DECLINED)
BCCI SPECIAL AWARD: Abbas Ali Baig and Late Naren Tamhane
POLLY UMRIGAR AWARD: Virat Kohli
BEST INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER (WOMEN): Harmanpreet Kaur
LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN THE RANJI TROPHY: Parvez Rasool of Jammu and Kashmir
LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN DOMESTIC LIMITED-OVERS COMPETITIONS, 2016-17: Krunal Pandya
MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD (HIGHEST SCORER IN THE RANJI TROPHY IN 2016-17): Priyank K Panchal of Gujarat.
MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN THE RANJI TROPHY IN 2016-17): Shahbaz Nadeem of Jharkhand
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U23) COL. C K NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2016-17): Ekant C Sen of Himachal
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U23) COL. C K NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2016-17): Karan Kaila of Punjab
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U19) COOCH BEHAR TROPHY IN 2016-17): Jonty Sidhu of Delhi
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U19) COOCH BEHAR TROPHY IN 2016-17): Rahul Singh of Assam
JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U16) VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2016-17): N Thakur Tilak Varma of Hyderabad
JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U16) VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2016-17): Rohit Dattatraya of Vidarbha C A
JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (BEST WOMAN CRICKETER OF 2016-17): Punam Raut
BCCI Awards 2017-18 season:
COL. C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Anshuman Gaekwad
BCCI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR WOMEN: Sudha Shah
BCCI SPECIAL AWARD: Late Mr. Budhi Kunderan
POLLY UMRIGAR AWARD: Virat Kohli
BEST INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER (WOMEN): Smriti Mandhana
LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN THE RANJI TROPHY, 2017-18: Jalaj Saxena of Kerala
LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN DOMESTIC LIMITED-OVERS COMPETITIONS, 2017-18: Diwesh Pathani of SSCB
MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD (HIGHEST SCORER IN THE RANJI TROPHY IN 2017-18): Mayank Agarwal of Karnataka
MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN THE RANJI TROPHY IN 2017-18): Jalaj Saxena of Kerala
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U23) COL. C K NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2017-18): Aryaman Birla of Madhya Pradesh
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U23) COL. C K NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2017-18): Tejas Baroka of Delhi
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U19) COOCH BEHAR TROPHY IN 2017-18): Y V Rathod of Vidarbha
M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U19) COOCH BEHAR TROPHY IN 2017-18): Ayush S Jamwal of Himachal Pradesh
JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U16) VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2017-18): K Nithish Kumar Reddy of Andhra
JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U16) VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2017-18): Reshu Raj of Bihar
JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (BEST WOMAN CRICKETER OF 2017-18): Deepti Sharma
