Sachin Tendulkar honored with the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
On Saturday, February 1, at a BCCI awards event held in Mumbai, Sachin Tendulkar received the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. Sachin is 51 years old and he played in 200 Test matches and also in 463 ODI matches. Tendulkar retired in November 2013, he scored 34,357 runs with 100 centuries in all formats.
"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 recognized not just a cricketer, but a phenomenon who transformed Indian cricket into a global powerhouse," the BCCI stated in a media release.
💬💬 Don’t let distractions disrupt your career, value everything you have, take the game and country’s name forward.
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 1, 2025
𝗖𝗼𝗹. 𝗖.𝗞. 𝗡𝗮𝘆𝘂𝗱𝘂 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 winner @sachin_rt's inspirational message to all the cricketers 🙌#NamanAwards pic.twitter.com/5Tyq71ikCk
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