BCCI Awards 2025: Jasprit Bumrah & Smriti Mandhana Honored as Best International Cricketers of 2023-24.

Sports | Dated: 03 Feb 2025

On February 1, 2025, Jasprit Bumrah won the Best International Cricketer of the Year (also called the Polly Umrigar Award) 2023-24 in the Men's category, and Smriti Mandhana won the Best International Cricketer of the Year 2023-24 in the Women's category at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Awards 2025 (Naman Awards).

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, fondly known as the "God of Cricket" or "Master Blaster," was honored with the Colonel CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year 2024.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) Sachin Tendulkar is the 31st recipient of the Colonel CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award from the BCCI.
  • (ii) The Colonel CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award was instituted in 1994 in honor of India’s first cricket captain, Colonel Cottari Kanakaiya (CK) Nayudu.
  • (iii) The BCCI also presented a special award to Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired from all forms of international cricket in December 2024.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Who has been recently named the Best International Cricketer of the Year 2023-24 (Polly Umrigar Award) in the Men's category at the BCCI Awards 2025?

Correct Answer: Jasprit Bumrah

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