The BCCI Naman Awards are a set of annual cricket awards given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The awards recognise and honour the best Indian international and domestic cricketers for the past year. The awards were first given in 2006âÂÂ07. 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 The Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year awarded to Indian cricketers for outstanding performance in international cricket. Both are considered as one of the most prestigious awards in cricket.
Tabular list
Polly Umrigar Award (Best International Cricketer â Men)
First presented for the 2006âÂÂ07 season to recognize the best male international cricketer.
Best International Cricketer â Women
Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
BCCI Special Award (Women) â Lifetime Achievement
International Debut Awards
List of winners
The BCCI Award winner is an individual or entity recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for outstanding contributions, performances, or leadership in Indian cricket. Recipients are honored at the annual Naman Awards across categories such as best international player, domestic performer, or lifetime achievement.
2006âÂÂ07
- C. K. Nayudu Award for Lifetime Achievement: Nari Contractor (trophy and â¹1.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Sachin Tendulkar (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Robin Uthappa (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Ranadeb Bose (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Mumbai (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-15 cricketer: Mandeep Singh (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-17 cricketer: Ajay Rana (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Ajinkya Rahane (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-22 cricketer: Manoj Tiwary (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Jaya Sharma (trophy and â¹50,000)
Other awards
Ref:
2007âÂÂ08
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Gundappa Viswanath (trophy and â¹1.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Virender Sehwag (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Cheteshwar Pujara (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Sudeep Tyagi (trophy and â¹ 100,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Maharashtra (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-15 cricketer: Ankit Bawne (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-17 cricketer: Mandeep Singh (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-22 cricketer: Rahul Dewan (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Mithali Raj (trophy and â¹50,000)
Other awards
Ref:
2008âÂÂ09
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Mohinder Amarnath (trophy and â¹1.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Gautam Gambhir (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Wasim Jaffer (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Dhawal Kulkarni & Ravindra Jadeja (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Mumbai & Punjab (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Chirag Khurana (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Harpreet Singh (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-22 cricketer: Neelkanth Das (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Reema Malhotra (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman junior cricketer: Poonam Raut (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Best umpire: Amish Saheba (trophy and â¹50,000)
Other awards
- Rahul Dravid was handed a special award for taking the most catches.
- Sachin Tendulkar was handed a special award for completing two decades of international cricket.
Ref:
2009âÂÂ10
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Salim Durani (trophy and â¹1.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Sachin Tendulkar (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Manish Pandey (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Abhimanyu Mithun (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Maharashtra (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Baba Aparajith (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Bhargav Merai (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-22 cricketer: Natraj Behera (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Thirush Kamini (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman junior cricketer: Reva Arora (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Best umpire: K. Hariharan (trophy and Rs 50,000)
Ref:
2010âÂÂ11
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Ajit Wadekar (trophy and â¹1.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Rahul Dravid (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Subramaniam Badrinath (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Bhargav Bhatt (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Railways & Delhi (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Vijay Zol (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Avi Barot (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-22 cricketer: Suryakumar Yadav (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Jhulan Goswami (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman junior cricketer: Mona Meshram (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Best umpire: S. Ravi (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Iqbal Abdulla (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Sumit Narwal (trophy and â¹100,000)
Other awards
- Dilip Sardesai Award for India's best cricketer in the 2011 Test series in the West Indies: Ishant Sharma
- Dilip Sardesai Award for India's best cricketer in the 2011 Test series against the West Indies: Ravichandran Ashwin
Ref:
2011âÂÂ12
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Sunil Gavaskar (trophy and â¹ 1.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Virat Kohli (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Robin Bist (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Ashok Dinda (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Delhi (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Mohammad Saif (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Vijay Zol (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-22 cricketer: Satyam Choudhary (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Anagha Deshpande (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Best umpire: S. Ravi (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Stuart Binny (trophy and â¹100,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Laxmi Ratan Shukla (trophy and â¹100,000)
Other awards
- VVS Laxman was handed a special award for his achievements in international cricket.
Ref:
2012âÂÂ13
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Kapil Dev (trophy and â¹ 2.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Ravichandran Ashwin (trophy and â¹ 500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Jiwanjot Singh (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Ishwar Pandey (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Mumbai (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Arman Jaffer (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Akshar Patel (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-25 cricketer: Karn Sharma (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Thirush Kamini (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Best umpire: Chettithody Shamshuddin (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Abhishek Nayar (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Laxmi Ratan Shukla (trophy and â¹250,000)
Other awards
- Bapu Nadkarni, Farokh Engineer, late Eknath Solkar were handed special awards for outstanding contribution to Indian cricket (trophy and â¹1.5 million)
- Dilip Sardesai Award for India's best cricketer in the 2013 Test series against the West Indies: Rohit Sharma (trophy and â¹500,000)
Ref:
2013âÂÂ14
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Dilip Vengsarkar (trophy and â¹2.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Kedar Jadhav (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Rishi Dhawan (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Maharashtra & Railways (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Shubman Gill (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Balchander Anirudh (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-25 cricketer: Rahul Tripathi (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Thirush Kamini (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Best umpire: Anil Chaudhary (trophy and 50,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Parvez Rasool (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Vinay Kumar (trophy and â¹250,000)
Other awards
- Rohit Sharma was handed a special award for scoring the highest ODI individual score of 264.
Ref:
2014âÂÂ15
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Syed Kirmani (trophy and â¹ 2.5 million)
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Virat Kohli (trophy and â¹500,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Robin Uthappa (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Vinay Kumar & Shardul Thakur (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Karnataka (trophy)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-16 cricketer: Shubman Gill (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: Anmolpreet Singh (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-23 cricketer: Almas Shaukat (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman cricketer: Mithali Raj (trophy and â¹50,000)
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for best woman junior cricketer: Devika Vaidya (trophy and â¹ 50,000)
- Best umpire: O. Nandan (trophy and â¹50,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Jalaj Saxena (trophy and â¹250,000)
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Deepak Hooda (trophy and â¹250,000)
Ref:
2015âÂÂ16
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Rajinder Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Virat Kohli
- BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women: Shanta Rangaswamy
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Shreyas Iyer
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Shahbaz Nadeem
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Jalaj Saxena
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Axar Patel
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Mumbai
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for highest scorer in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy: Jay Bista
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy: Satyajeet Bachhav
- N K P Salve Award for highest scorer in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Armaan Jaffer
- N K P Salve Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Ninad Rathva
- Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest scorer in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Abhishek Sharma
- Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Abhishek Sharma
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman cricketer: Mithali Raj
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman junior cricketer: Deepti Sharma
- Best umpire: Nitin Menon
Other awards
- Dilip Sardesai Award for India's best cricketer in the 2016 Test series in the West Indies: Ravichandran Ashwin
- Vaman Kumar and late Ramakant Desai were handed special awards for outstanding contribution to Indian cricket
Ref:
2016âÂÂ17
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Pankaj Roy
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Virat Kohli
- Best international woman cricketer: Harmanpreet Kaur
- BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women: Diana Edulji
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Priyank Panchal
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Shahbaz Nadeem
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Parvez Rasool
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Krunal Pandya
- Best Cricket Association of the Year for overall performance: Mumbai
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for highest scorer in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy: Ekant Sen
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy: Karan Kaila
- N K P Salve Award for highest scorer in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Jonty Sidhu
- M A Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy: Rahul Singh (Assam cricketer)
- Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest scorer in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: N Thakur Tilak
- Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy: Rohit Dattatraya
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman cricketer (Sr Domestic): Punam Raut
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman junior cricketer: Jemimah Rodrigues
- Best umpire: Anil Dandekar
2017âÂÂ18
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Anshuman Gaekwad
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Virat Kohli
- Best international woman cricketer: Smriti Mandhana
- BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women: Sudha Shah
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most runs in Ranji Trophy: Mayank Agarwal
- Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy: Jalaj Saxena
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy: Jalaj Saxena
- Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in limited-overs tournaments: Diwesh Pathania
- BCCI special award : Budhi Kunderan
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for highest run-scorer in C. K. Nayudu Trophy: Aryaman Birla
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in C. K. Nayudu Trophy: Tejas Baroka
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for highest run-scorer in Cooch Behar Trophy: Yash Rathod
- M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Cooch Behar Trophy: Ayush Jamwal
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for highest run-scorer in Vijay Merchant Trophy: Nithish Kumar
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Vijay Merchant Trophy: Reshu Raj
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for best woman cricketer (domestic): Deepti Sharma
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for best junior women's player (domestic): Jemimah Rodrigues
- Best umpire in domestic cricket: Yeshwant Barde
- Best performances in domestic tournaments: Delhi
Ref:
2018âÂÂ2019
2019âÂÂ2020
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Not Awarded
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Mohammed Shami
- Best international woman cricketer: Deepti Sharma
2020âÂÂ2021
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Not Awarded
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Ravichandran Ashwin
- Best international woman cricketer: Smriti Mandhana
2021âÂÂ2022
- CK Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement: Not Awarded
- Polly Umrigar Award for international cricketer of the year: Jasprit Bumrah
- Best international woman cricketer: Smriti Mandhana
2022âÂÂ2023
2023âÂÂ2024
2024âÂÂ2025
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