Sachin Tendulkar Likely to Receive Prestigious Lifetime Achievement CK Nayudu Award at BCCI Annual Awards
Sachin Tendulkar is likely to be honored at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) annual awards night in Mumbai on Saturday. It is not yet confirmed whether he will receive the prestigious CK Nayudu Award, but sources suggest that the maestro is certainly a strong contender for the highest BCCI award.
The BCCI has not given any information about it, but a source with BCCI told to Cricbuzz that Sachin Tendulkar will get a lifetime achievement in the annual awards event. The annual awards event is held on Saturday in Mumbai.
Sachin Tendulkar played cricket for many years. He played 664 matches and scored 34,357 runs with 100 international centuries. Tendulkar played in 200 Test matches and 463 ODI matches and played just one T20I game.
Sachin Tendulkar played cricket for about 24 years, he debuted in 1989 and he retired in 2013. Tendulkar received the Bharat Ratna award, the highest civilian award in India. Sachin is a god of cricket and is 51 years old. Sachin deserves the CK Nayudu Award.
CK Nayudu Award winners List
| Year | Players |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Lala Amarnath |
| 1995 | Syed Mushtaq Ali |
| 1996 | Vijay Hazare |
| 1997 | K. N. Prabhu |
| 1998 | Polly Umrigar |
| 1999 | Hemu Adhikari |
| 2000 | Subhash Gupte |
| 2001 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi |
| 2002 | B. B. Nimbalkar |
| 2003 | Chandu Borde |
| 2004 | Bishan Singh Bedi, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, E. A. S. Prasanna, B. S. Chandrasekhar |
| 2007 | Nari Contractor |
| 2008 | Gundappa Viswanath |
| 2009 | Mohinder Amarnath |
| 2010 | Salim Durani |
| 2011 | Ajit Wadekar |
| 2012 | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 2013 | Kapil Dev |
| 2014 | Dilip Vengsarkar |
| 2015 | Syed Kirmani |
| 2016 | Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar |
| 2017 | Pankaj Roy |
| 2018 | Anshuman Gaekwad |
| 2019 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth |
| 2023 | Farokh Engineer, Ravi Shastri |
At the awards night is the guest speaker for the annual MAK Pataudi lecture, though it remains uncertain who will be delivering the lecture.
The Mumbai Cricket Association is going to award a prize for being the best association in domestic cricket. They won the Ranji Trophy 42 times, including last year.
The MCA said "Mumbai Cricket Association will be honored with the Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments (2023-24) award at the BCCI Annual Awards in the Naman 2023-24. This recognition reflects Mumbai's dominance in domestic cricket, including the Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup triumphs, and celebrates the relentless spirit of our players, support staff and administrators".
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