Sachin Tendulkar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at BCCI Naman Awards 2025 in Mumbai on Saturday.
Tendulkar was offered with the celebrated Col. C.Ok. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in honour of what the BCCI known as “unparalleled contributions to Indian cricket over 20 years”.
“Deeply honoured to obtain the Col. C. Ok. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. My cricketing journey, which spanned 24 years was by no means mine alone. It belonged to each coach’s steering, each teammate’s belief, each fan’s unwavering help and my household’s perception, love and sacrifices. This award is a reminder to maintain giving again to the game and the people who gave me every part. To the BCCI and each cricket lover: thanks for letting me bat for India with an open coronary heart and limitless boundaries,” Tendulkar wrote on X.
“The Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledged the cricket legend’s extraordinary 24-year worldwide profession the place by way of private milestones and nationwide triumphs, by way of challenges and victories, he carried not simply his bat however the hopes of a complete nation. It recognised not only a cricketer, however a phenomenon who remodeled Indian cricket into a world powerhouse.
For over 20 years, Tendulkar’s willow crafted poetry on cricket fields the world over, creating an unprecedented legacy of 100 worldwide centuries and 34,357 worldwide runs. From his debut as a 16-year-old prodigy to turning into the primary batsman to attain a double century in ODIs, Tendulkar’s journey was one in every of relentless pursuit of excellence. To today, he stays the one cricketer to have featured in 200 Assessments. His unmatched ardour, dedication and talent mixed along with his humility, grace and dignity cemented his stature as a world sports activities icon,” BCCI Honorary Secretary Devajit Saikia mentioned in a press release.
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In the meantime, for the third time, India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah acquired the celebrated Polly Umrigar Award for Greatest Worldwide Cricketer (Males) for his stellar performances in 2024. Workforce India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana received the Greatest Worldwide Cricketer Award (Ladies) for the fourth time.
In the meantime, the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation acquired the award for Greatest Efficiency in BCCI Home Tournaments of 2023-24 for having received the Ranji Trophy for a report forty second time, whereas additionally rising as champions of the Senior Ladies’s T20 Trophy, Vijay Service provider Trophy and the Ladies’s U19 One Day Trophy.
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The BCCI additionally felicitated R Ashwin, who introduced his worldwide retirement after the third Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The champion off-spinner was honoured with a particular BCCI Award celebrating his exemplary worldwide profession.
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