Young India batter Shubman Gill shared a nostalgic post on Instagram after winning Polly Umirgar India Best Cricketer of 2022-23 at the BCCI Annual Awards on Tuesday in Hyderabad. Shubman had a memorable 2023 where he ended up scoring the most runs for India in ODIs including five centuries. He also joined the elite of players scoring double centuries in ODIs. He aggregated a total of 1584 runs at a stunning 63.36 average.
Shubman shared a post on social media where he posted a photo from the past when he was 14 years old and met his idol Virat Kohli who won the Cricketer of the Year at that time.
“So much nostalgia, from coming here when i was 14 and meeting my idols and legends for the first time. Watching Virat bhai win cricketer of the year was something I would never forget. Pure motivation for me to go a step further and give everything for my country this year,” Shubman posted on Instagram.
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The BCCI awards were held for the first time since 2019 and the Indian cricket team who will play the Test series against England were in attendance at the ceremony. Meanwhile, England head coach Brendon McCullum and his staff members including Paul Collingwood were also part of the ceremony. Shubman will next seen in action against England as he has been picked in India’s squad for the first two Tests.
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Spinner Deepti Sharma grabbed the International Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for the 2022-23 season.
Deepti’s bowling had a massive impact on India’s facile win over England recently in the one-off Test as she picked up nine wickets for 39 in the match besides making a crucial fifty.
In a glittering ceremony here, the BCCI awarded a host of top men’s and women’s performers from the 2019-20 season. Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer and Ravi Shastri were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Shastri was part of India’s World Cup winning squad in 1983 and was the Player of the Series when they bagged the World Series in 1985.
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