The prestigious CEAT Cricket Rating Awards took place on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, in Mumbai. The evening was marked by Team India captain Rohit Sharma being honored as the Men's International Cricketer of the Year. The legendary Rahul Dravid was presented with the esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the sport. In addition, the ceremony recognized Virat Kohli as the Men's ODI Batter of the Year and Mohammed Shami as the Men's Test Bowler of the Year. The event brought together the cricketing fraternity to celebrate the remarkable performances of these talented players over the past year.
Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was awarded for excellence in sports administration. After receiving his award, Shah said, "As I told you in Rajkot, that we are going to host our flag in Barbados, and our captain did that. If we have the blessing of 1.4 billion people, then we can do the same in the Champions Trophy, World Test Championship final and the Women's T20 World Cup."
Also Read | Ex-India coach R Sridhar explains Suryakumar Yadav's captaincy appointment, reveals 'what tilted scales in his favour'The Domestic Cricketer of the Year award was given to Tamil Nadu's R Sai Kishore, who led his team to the Ranji trophy final last season. New Zealand's Tim Southee was named as Men's T20I Bowler of the Year and England's Phil Salt got the Best T20I Batter of the Year award.
In women's cricket, Harmanpreet Kaur was given a memo for leading India in most matches in T20I history. Smriti Mandhana was named as the Women's Indian Batter of the Year and Deepti Sharma as Indian Bowler of the Year.
Full list of awards-Men's International Cricketer of the Year: Rohit Sharma
Test Batter of the Year: Yashasvi Jaiswal
Test Bowler of the Year: R Ashwin
ODI Batter of the Year: Virat Kohli
ODI Bowler of the Year: Mohammed Shami
T20I Batter of the Year: Phil Salt
T20I Bowler of the Year: Tim Southee
T20 Leadership award: Shreyas Iyer (KKR)
Lifetime Achievement: Rahul Dravid
Award for excellent in sports administration: Jay Shah
Most matches as captain in women's T20I history: Harmanpreet Kaur
Women's Indian bowler of the year: Deepti Sharma
Fastest double-century in women's Test: Shafali Verma
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