Sunil Gavaskar, the Former Captain and legendary opener of Indian
Cricket Team on 21 November 2012 was conferred with BCCI’s prestigious
Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at the BCCI Annual Awards
Function 2011-12. Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and V.V.S. Laxman were
also felicitated at the award ceremony.
The Lifetime
Achievement Award given to Gavaskar carried a citation, trophy and a
cheque for 25 lakh Rupees and he received this award from the BCCI
president N. Srinivasan.
Sachin Tendulkar was honoured at the
occasion with a gold-plated bat for scoring the century of centuries in
international cricket. Kohli was chosen as the Best Indian
International Player of the year at the award ceremony.
About Col. CK Nayudu and the Lifetime Achievement Award
Col. CK Nayudu or Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu was the first captain of
Indian Cricket Team in Test Matches, and he played the first class
cricket for India till 1958. The ruler of Holkar in 1923 conferred him
with the honour of Colonel in Holkar’s Army at Indore. Nayudu was
appointed as the first captain of Indian team for its first test tour of
England in 1932 after the previously appointed captain and
vice-captain of the team, Maharaja of Porbandar and Ghanshyamsinhji of
Limbdi respectively were out of the series due to health problems.
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