The BCCI Awards are a set of annual cricket awards given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). These awards recognise and honor outstanding performances by best Indian cricketers (men, women, juniors, and domestic players) across all formats in a season at inernational and domestic levels. The awards were first given in 2006–07. The C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award was first presented in 1994. It is the highest honour bestowed by BCCI on a former player and is considered as one of the most prestigious awards in cricket.
🎯 Purpose:
To motivate cricketers at all levels — international, domestic, and grassroots and celebrate excellence in Indian cricket.
🏆 Key Highlights:
- Polly Umrigar Award: Given to the best international cricketer (Men’s and Women’s categories).
- Madhavrao Scindia Awards: For top performers in the Ranji Trophy (highest run-scorer and highest wicket-taker).
- Best Emerging Player: Awarded to upcoming talents who showed exceptional promise.
- Lifetime Achievement Awards: For legendary contributions to Indian cricket (players, umpires, etc.).
- Special Awards: Recognize historic achievements like centuries, hat-tricks, or landmark victories for India.
- Besides individual awards, state associations, umpires, and domestic teams are also honored.
- Young talents from U16, U19, and U23 categories are specially awarded to boost grassroots cricket.
🏆 Key Facts:
- Javagal Srinath was the first winner of the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have both won the Best International Woman Cricketer award multiple times.
- Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the few players to have won the Polly Umrigar Award more than once.
- In 2024, Farokh Engineer and Ravi Shastri received the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, underlining BCCI’s tradition of honoring legends.
| BCCI Awards 2025 |
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| Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award – Men: Sachin Tendulkar |
| Polly Umrigar Award – Best International Cricketer – Men: Jasprit Bumrah |
| Best International Cricketer – Women: Smriti Mandhana |
| Best International Debut – Men: Sarfaraz Khan |
| Best International Debut – Women: Asha Sobhana |
| BCCI Special Award: Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Highest Run-Getter in ODIs – Women: Smriti Mandhana |
| Highest Wicket-Taker in ODIs – Women: Deepti Sharma |
| Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket: Akshay Totre |
| M.A. Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Run-Getter in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Kavya Teotia |
| M.A. Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-Taker in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Vishnu Bhardwaj |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer Senior Domestic: Priya Mishra |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer Junior Domestic: Ishwari Awasare |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Highest Wicket-Taker in U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Hemchudeshan Jeganathan |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Highest Run Getter in U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Lakshya Raichandani |
| MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-Taker in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Plate Group): Neizekho Rupreo |
| MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Run Getter in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Plate Group): Hem Chetri |
| MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-Taker in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Elite Group): P Vidyuth |
| MA Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Run Getter in U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy (Elite Group): Aneesh KV |
| Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy (Plate Group): Mohit Jangra |
| Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy (Elite Group): Tanay Thyagarajan |
| Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Run Getter in Ranji Trophy (Plate Group): Agni Chopra |
| Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Run Getter in Ranji Trophy (Elite Group): Ricky Bhui from Andhra Pradesh was the winner. |
| Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder in Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions: Shashank Singh from Chhattisgarh received this medal. |
| Lala Amarnath Award for the Best All-Rounder in Ranji Trophy: Tanush Kotian |
| Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments: Mumbai |