Lifetime Achievement Award for Tendulkar, Top Honours for Bumrah and Mandhana

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) honoured exceptional achievements in Indian cricket at the prestigious Naman Awards on Saturday 1st February, 2025 at a renowned city hotel in South Mumbai in presence of current and cricketers including Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Coach Gautam Gambhir, MCA President Ajinkya Naik among others

The historic moment of the evening was the presentation of the coveted Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award to Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar by the newly elected ICC Chair and former ICC secretary Jay Shah, celebrating the formers his unparalleled contributions to Indian cricket over two decades. In the process he became the 31st recipient of the prestigious award.

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.

For over two decades, Tendulkar's willow crafted poetry on cricket fields across the world, creating an unprecedented legacy of 100 international centuries and 34,357 international runs. From his debut as a 16-year-old prodigy to becoming the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs, Tendulkar’s journey was one of relentless pursuit of excellence. To this day, he remains the only cricketer to have featured in 200 Tests. His unmatched passion, dedication and skill combined with his humility, grace and dignity cemented his stature as a global sports icon and saw him conferred the title of God of Cricket by his numerous fans across the globe.

Tendulkar in his emotional address to the gathering said, . "Thank you all for coming. I am thankful to the BCCI, I can't thank them enough. They have always been supportive. Truly humbled to have my name in the list of awardees,"

The legend also shared a piece of advice for the rising cricketers. "Without cricket, all of us would not have been sitting in this room. You slowly start losing grip over your career. There will be distractions, but do not let it affect you and your career. When you have everything, value the things and behave appropriately. You have plenty of cricket in you, give your everything. Only when it ends, you will realise what you will miss," Tendulkar added.

For the third time, India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah received the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award for Best International Cricketer (Men) for his stellar performances in 2024. Ranked No.1 in ICC Test rankings, Bumrah picked 71 wickets from 13 Tests in 2024, the highest by any bowler last year. He was named the Player of the Tournament for his 15 wickets at an astonishing average of 8.26 and an economy of just 4.17 as India lifted the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.

Team India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana won the Best International Cricketer Award (Women) for the fourth time. Continuing to demonstrate her world-class batting capabilities and leadership, Smriti—who previously won the award in 2017-18, 2020-21, and 2021-22—concluded 2024 with ODI centuries against New Zealand, Australia, and two consecutive centuries against South Africa. The elegant opener accumulated 747 ODI runs at an impressive average of 57.46. The south paw thrived in red-ball cricket as well, registering her second career Test century against Protea Women in Chennai. She was impressive in the shortest format too, amassing 763 runs in 21 innings with eight half-centuries.

The Mumbai Cricket Association received the award for Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments of 2023-24 for having won the Ranji Trophy for a record 42^nd time, while also emerging as champions of the Senior Women's T20 Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy and the Women's U19 One Day Trophy.

The Board felicitated all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin, who announced his international retirement after the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The champion off-spinner was honoured with a special BCCI Award celebrating his exemplary international career.

Sr. No. Award 2023-24 Medal / Trophy

• 1 Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Best Woman Cricketer (Jr Domestic) of 2023-24 Medal - Ishwari Awasare
• 2 Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Best Woman Cricketer (Sr Domestic) of 2023-24 (Sr Women One Day) Medal - Priya Mishra
• 3 Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U16) Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2023-24 Medal - Hemchudeshan Jeganathan
• 4 Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U16) Vijay Merchant Trophy in 2023-24 Medal - Lakshya Raichandani
• 5 M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U19) Cooch Behar Trophy in 2023-24 Medal - Vishnu Bhardwaj
• 6 M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U19) Cooch Behar Trophy in 2023-24 Medal - Kavya Teotia
• 7 M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2023-24 - Plate Group Medal - Neizekho Rupreo
• 8 M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Wicket-Taker In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2023-24 - Elite Group Medal - P Vidyuth
• 9 MA Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter in U23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy in 2023-24 - Plate Group Medal - Hem Chetri
• 10 M.A. Chidambaram Trophy: Highest Run Getter In (U23) Col. C K Nayudu Trophy in 2023-24 - Elite Group Medal - Aneesh KV
• 11 Madhavrao Scindia Award Highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy in 2023-24 - Plate Group Medal - Tanay Thyagarajan
• 12 Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Wicket-Taker In The Ranji Trophy in 2023-24 - Elite Group Medal - R. Sai Kishore
• 13 Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Run Getter In The Ranji Trophy in 2023-24 - Plate Group Medal - Agni Chopra
• 14 Madhavrao Scindia Award: Highest Run Getter In The Ranji Trophy in 2023-24 - Elite Group Medal - Ricky Bhui
• 15 Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder In Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions, 2023-24 Medal - Shashank Singh
• 16 Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder in the Ranji Trophy, 2023-24 Medal - Tanush Kotian
• 17 Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket in 2023-24 Trophy - Akshay Totre
• 18 Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments of 2023-24 Trophy - Mumbai Cricket Association
• 19 Highest Wickets in One Day Internationals - 2023-24 - Women Medal - Deepti Sharma
• 20 Highest Run Getter in One Day Internationals -2023-24- Women Medal - Smriti Mandhana
• 21 Best International Debut- Women Trophy - Asha Sobhana
• 22 Best International Debut - Men Trophy - Sarfaraz Khan
• 23 Best International Cricketer - Women Trophy - Smriti Mandhana
• 24 Polly Umrigar Award Best International Cricketer- Men Trophy Jasprit Bumrah
• 25 BCCI Special Award Shield - Ravichandran Ashwin
• 26 Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award Shield - Sachin Tendulkar